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 …

Two experiments were performed to investigate the organization of spatial information in
perception and memory. Participants were confronted with map-like configurations of objects …

Subjects studied maps with the expectation that they would draw or describe them from
memory. In fact, subjects did both. Order of drawing or describing landmarks revealed the …

Four experiments are reported in which people organize a space hierarchically when they
estimate particular locations in that space. Earlier work showed that people subdivide circles …

Spatial relations indicate the location of an object by specifying its direction with respect to a
reference object whose location is known. It has been largely assumed that specific features …

Previous research on spatial memory indicated that memories of small layouts were
orientation dependent (orientation specific) but that memories of large layouts were …

Previous research suggested that the apparent hierarchical organization of landmarks in an
environment will influence subjects' judgments about spatial characteristics of that …

In this preliminary study we investigate gender differences in object location memory. Our
purpose is to extend the results about object location memory obtained in laboratory settings …

Tested the ability of 10 graduate students to recall the locations of buildings in a familiar
campus setting, using pairwise distance judgments and direct mapping locations on a …

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 …