Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space

1. Front Matter

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2. Invited Talks

   1. Virtual Reality as a Valuable Research Tool for Investigating Different Aspects of Spatial Cognition

      • Heinrich H. Bülthoff, Jennifer L. Campos, Tobias Meilinger

      Pages 1-3

   2. On the “Whats” and “Hows” of “Where”: The Role of Salience in Spatial Descriptions

      • Laura A. Carlson

      Pages 4-6

   3. Learning about Space

      • Dedre Gentner

      Pages 7-7

3. Spatial Orientation

   1. Does Body Orientation Matter When Reasoning about Depicted or Described Scenes?

      • Marios N. Avraamides, Stephanie Pantelidou

      Pages 8-21

   2. Spatial Memory and Spatial Orientation

      • Jonathan W. Kelly, Timothy P. McNamara

      Pages 22-38

4. Spatial Navigation

   1. Map-Based Spatial Navigation: A Cortical Column Model for Action Planning

      • Louis-Emmanuel Martinet, Jean-Baptiste Passot, Benjamin Fouque, Jean-Arcady Meyer, Angelo Arleo

      Pages 39-55

   2. Efficient Wayfinding in Hierarchically Regionalized Spatial Environments

      • Thomas Reineking, Christian Kohlhagen, Christoph Zetzsche

      Pages 56-70

   3. Analyzing Interactions between Navigation Strategies Using a Computational Model of Action Selection

      • Laurent Dollé, Mehdi Khamassi, Benoît Girard, Agnès Guillot, Ricardo Chavarriaga

      Pages 71-86

   4. A Minimalistic Model of Visually Guided Obstacle Avoidance and Path Selection Behavior

      • Lorenz Gerstmayr, Hanspeter A. Mallot, Jan M. Wiener

      Pages 87-103

5. Spatial Learning

   1. Route Learning Strategies in a Virtual Cluttered Environment

      • Rebecca Hurlebaus, Kai Basten, Hanspeter A. Mallot, Jan M. Wiener

      Pages 104-120

   2. Learning with Virtual Verbal Displays: Effects of Interface Fidelity on Cognitive Map Development

      • Nicholas A. Giudice, Jerome D. Tietz

      Pages 121-137

   3. Cognitive Surveying: A Framework for Mobile Data Collection, Analysis, and Visualization of Spatial Knowledge and Navigation Practices

      • Drew Dara-Abrams

      Pages 138-153

6. Maps and Modalities

   1. What Do Focus Maps Focus On?

      • Kai-Florian Richter, Denise Peters, Gregory Kuhnmünch, Falko Schmid

      Pages 154-170

   2. Locating Oneself on a Map in Relation to Person Qualities and Map Characteristics

      • Lynn S. Liben, Lauren J. Myers, Kim A. Kastens

      Pages 171-187

   3. Conflicting Cues from Vision and Touch Can Impair Spatial Task Performance: Speculations on the Role of Spatial Ability in Reconciling Frames of Reference

      • Madeleine Keehner

      Pages 188-201

7. Spatial Communication

   1. Epistemic Actions in Science Education

      • Kim A. Kastens, Lynn S. Liben, Shruti Agrawal

      Pages 202-215

   2. An Influence Model for Reference Object Selection in Spatially Locative Phrases

      • Michael Barclay, Antony Galton

      Pages 216-232

8. Spatial Language

   1. Tiered Models of Spatial Language Interpretation

      • Robert J. Ross

      Pages 233-249

   2. Perspective Use and Perspective Shift in Spatial Dialogue

      • Juliana Goschler, Elena Andonova, Robert J. Ross

      Pages 250-265

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Spatial Cognition 2008, held in Freiburg, Germany, in September 2008. The 27 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on spatial orientation, spatial navigation, spatial learning, maps and modalities, spatial communication, spatial language, similarity and abstraction, concepts and reference frames, as well as spatial modeling and spatial reasoning.

• Navigation
• abstraction
• algebraic specifications
• bayesian
• bimodal
• bio-inspired model
• cognitive modeling
• computer vision
• context awareness
• cross-modal
• human memory
• language interpretation
• learning
• map desig
• modeling

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