Mental rotation abilities of gymnasts and soccer players: a comparison of egocentric and object-based transformations. An exploratory and preliminary study

TJ Klotzbier, N Schott - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background and objectives The experience obtained from motor expertise may contribute to
and enhance the development of particular visuo-spatial abilities. This exploratory and …

[HTML][HTML] The Origin of Movement Biases During Reaching

T Wang, RJ Morehead, JS Tsay, RB Ivry - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Goal-directed movements can fail due to errors in our perceptual and motor systems. While
these errors may arise from random noise within these sources, they also reflect systematic …

Representation and computation in cognitive models

KD Forbus, C Liang, I Rabkina - Topics in cognitive science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
One of the central issues in cognitive science is the nature of human representations. We
argue that symbolic representations are essential for capturing human cognitive capabilities …

[HTML][HTML] A reduction in self-reported confidence accompanies the recall of memories distorted by prototypes

C Kerrén, Y Zhao, BJ Griffiths - Communications Psychology, 2024 - nature.com
When we recall a past event, we reconstruct the event based on a combination of episodic
details and semantic knowledge (eg, prototypes). Though prototypes can impair the veracity …

From Centre to Suburbs: Investigating How Transit Maps Streamline Residents' Spatial Representations

F Leprévost, E Grison, A Prabhakar… - The Cartographic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Representations we hold of our cities are acquired not just through direct spatial experience,
but also through maps, potentially including schematic maps like transit maps. Following …

Experimental evidence for diagramming benefits in science writing

B Barstow, L Fazio, C Schunn, K Ashley - Instructional Science, 2017 - Springer
Arguing for the need for a scientific research study (ie writing an introduction to a research
paper) poses significant challenges for students. When faced with these challenges …

Transport makes cities: transit maps as major cognitive frames of metropolitan areas

A Prabhakar, E Grison, S Lhuillier, F Leprévost… - Psychological …, 2024 - Springer
Spatial representations play a fundamental role in navigation, decision-making, and overall
interaction with our environments. Understanding how individuals construct and use them …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation in self-initiated working memory for spatial locations

H Magen, TA Emmanouil - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2019 - Springer
The short-term maintenance of precise location information is fundamental in many daily
activities. Often, individuals memorize spatial information provided to them, but in many …

Places as fuzzy locational categories

C Davies - Acta Psychologica, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper offers a new way of considering places as special types of categories, in human
cognition of larger-scale environments. This may provide an explanatory cognitive model for …

[PDF][PDF] Metacognitive awareness of memory distortion during recall

C Kerrén, Y Zhao, B Griffiths - 2024 - osf.io
When we recall a past event, we reconstruct the event based on a combination of episodic
details and semantic knowledge (eg, prototypes). Though prototypes can impair the veracity …