… lying nature of mental representations. Some theorists … representation (eg, Anderson, 1978;
Palmer, 1975; Pylyshyn, 1973). Others contend that there are different sorts of representation …

… in the construction of spatial representations from different … Manipulating spatial information
derived from text description … constructing mental representations from spatial descriptions …

… how spatial self-assessments and spatial cognitive abilities jointly influence the construction
of mental representations derived from spatial descriptions. … to test to what extent spatial self-…

… article reviews two projects studying the nature of mental representations … in spatial
descriptions. A number of years ago, we began exploring the nature of spatial mental …

… well, eg, descriptions of time. Here we focus on spatial descriptions only. Previous research
… We proposed earlier that the mental representations subjects construct from these types of …

… In the first experiment, we examined mental representations spontaneously established …
to interpret the diagrams and models on the mental representations established. In the final two …

… learned by adopting Newton's conceptual space in our mental representations. The most
drastic changes in science occur when the underlying conceptual space is changed. I believe …

… role of visuospatial abilities in mental representations derived from spatial descriptions. The
… of visuospatial abilities change when survey and route descriptions are used, and the initial …

… scanning a representation ofan island produces similar results whether the scan is controlled
by a mental representation formed from a linguistic description, a mental representation …

… determinacy, as it applies to spatial descriptions. Although we know determinacy influences
… spatial descriptions, its impact on representations derived from complex spatial descriptions …