We carried out two experiments to investigate how people reason about the spatial relations
among objects. The experiments were designed to test a theory of spatial inference based …

Inferences about spatial arrangements and relations like “The Porsche is parked to the left of
the Dodge and the Ferrari is parked to the right of the Dodge, thus, the Porsche is parked to …

The mental model theory postulates that spatial reasoning relies on the construction,
inspection, and the variation of mental models. Experiment 1 shows that in reasoning …

Abstract In 3 experiments, 68 college students' strategies were studied in 2 logically related
problems in spatial reasoning. The problems involved imagining the result of either an array …

An experiment based on Allen's calculus and its transfer to qualitative spatial reasoning, was
conducted. Subjects had to find a conclusion X r3 Z that was consistent with the given …

Three classes of theories of the mental representation of spatial relations were tested.
Nonhierarchical theories propose that spatial relations among objects in an environment are …

The theory of mental models postulates that individuals infer that a spatial description is
consistent only if they can construct a model in which all the assertions in the description are …

Mental models of text are representations of what the text is about (ie, situations), rather than
representations of the text itself. Many mental model theories propose that mental models …

The traveling salesman's problem, in which one decides which order between n locations
minimizes total travel distance, was used as a laboratory analogue of spatial decisions in …

Investigated the hypothesis that cognitive representations of large-scale space contain
elements that may be termed reference points and that these points are used to define the …