Connecting Spatial Memories of Two Nested Spaces

	Connecting Spatial Memories of Two Nested Spaces
	Zhang, Hui 1; Mou, Weimin 2; McNamara, Timothy P.3; Wang, Lin 2
刊名	JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION
	2014
卷号	40 期号:1 页码:191-202
关键词	spatial memory spatial reference directions nested spaces
ISSN号	0278-7393
英文摘要	Four experiments investigated the manner in which people use spatial reference directions to organize spatial memories of 2 conceptually nested layouts. Participants learned directions of 8 remote cities centered to Beijing or Edmonton, where the experiments occurred, using a map or using direct pointing. The map and the environment were aligned, and participants faced north (0). Participants also learned locations of 7 objects on a table. Participants faced north (0) during learning but were instructed to learn the layout along the northwest-southeast (45 - 225) axis. Judgments of relative direction (imagine you are standing at X, facing Y, point to Z) were used to determine spatial reference directions in retrieval of bearings between 2 objects or 2 cities. The results showed that when the tested bearing and the imagined heading were within an array, participants used 0 as the reference direction in retrieving bearings between cities but used 45 - 225 to retrieve bearings between objects. When the tested bearing and the imagined heading were across 2 arrays, participants used the reference direction of the array from which the tested bearing was. These results indicated that bearings between items within an array were represented only with respect to the reference directions of this array and the relationship between spatial reference directions in these 2 arrays was also represented.
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000329049600013
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/14169]
专题	心理研究所_认知与发展心理学研究室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Alberta, Dept Psychol, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada 3.Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Psychol, Nashville, TN USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Hui,Mou, Weimin,McNamara, Timothy P.,et al. Connecting Spatial Memories of Two Nested Spaces[J]. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION,2014,40(1):191-202.
APA	Zhang, Hui,Mou, Weimin,McNamara, Timothy P.,&Wang, Lin.(2014).Connecting Spatial Memories of Two Nested Spaces.JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION,40(1),191-202.
MLA	Zhang, Hui,et al."Connecting Spatial Memories of Two Nested Spaces".JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION 40.1(2014):191-202.