Spatial mental models from descriptions
Spatial language is widely used, both literally to describe space and figuratively to express a
broad range of ideas. This article reviews two projects studying the nature of mental …
broad range of ideas. This article reviews two projects studying the nature of mental …
Perspective in spatial descriptions
In order to describe a spatial environment, people must take a perspective on it. Previous
researchers had claimed that in describing space, speakers take listeners on mental tours …
researchers had claimed that in describing space, speakers take listeners on mental tours …
Spatial mental models derived from survey and route descriptions
In four experiments, subjects read route or survey descriptions of naturalistic environments
and then answered verbatim or inference questions from both perspectives and drew maps …
and then answered verbatim or inference questions from both perspectives and drew maps …
Spatial mental models
B Tversky - Psychology of learning and motivation, 1991 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter reviews that spatial descriptions spontaneously construct
spatial mental models of the described scenes as a natural consequence of reading for …
spatial mental models of the described scenes as a natural consequence of reading for …
Extended experience benefits spatial mental model development with route but not survey descriptions
Spatial descriptions symbolically represent environmental information through language
and are written in two primary perspectives: survey, analogous to viewing a map, and route …
and are written in two primary perspectives: survey, analogous to viewing a map, and route …
Internal and external spatial frameworks for representing described scenes
DJ Bryant, B Tversky, N Franklin - Journal of memory and language, 1992 - Elsevier
Four experiments explored readers' mental models of described scenes. Environments were
described from one of two perspectives, an internal perspective of an observer within the …
described from one of two perspectives, an internal perspective of an observer within the …
The representation of space in mental models derived from text
W Langston, DC Kramer, AM Glenberg - Memory & Cognition, 1998 - Springer
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 …
representations of the text itself. Many mental model theories propose that mental models …
Descriptions of simple spatial scenes in English and Japanese
SD Mainwaring, B Tversky, M Ohgishi… - Spatial cognition and …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
How do people describe the location of a target object to another? This task requires a
reference object or frame and terms of reference. Traditional linguistic analyses have loosely …
reference object or frame and terms of reference. Traditional linguistic analyses have loosely …
11 Mental models of spatial relations and transformations from language
B Tversky, J Kim, A Cohen - Advances in psychology, 1999 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on two experiments testing the efficacy of
language to evoke spatial transformations. The results support the claim that people's …
language to evoke spatial transformations. The results support the claim that people's …
Searching imagined environments.
N Franklin, B Tversky - Journal of experimental psychology …, 1990 - psycnet.apa.org
Subjects read narratives describing directions of objects around a standing or reclining
observer, who was periodically reoriented. RTs were measured to identify which object was …
observer, who was periodically reoriented. RTs were measured to identify which object was …