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Spatial Orientation

Theory, Research, and Application

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  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. Herbert L. Pick

    1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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  2. Linda P. Acredolo

    1. University of California at Davis, Davis, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Comparative and Developmental Aspects of Spatial Orientation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Spatial Orientation: A Comparative Approach

      • Nancy L. Hazen
      Pages 3-37

    3. The Generation and Early Development of Spatial Inferences

      • John J. Rieser
      Pages 39-71

    4. Comparative and Developmental Approaches to Spatial Cognition

      • Herbert L. Pick Jr.
      Pages 73-76

  3. Spatial Orientation and Special Populations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Procedures for Defining and Analyzing Cognitive Maps of the Mildly and Moderately Mentally Retarded

      • Reginald G. Golledge, G. Donald Richardson, John N. Rayner, Joseph J. Parnicky
      Pages 79-104

    3. Spatial Orientation in the Elderly: The Current Status of Understanding

      • Russell J. Ohta
      Pages 105-124

    4. Spatial Ability and the Limitations of Perceptual Systems

      • Emerson Foulke
      Pages 125-141

    5. Spatial Orientation in Special Populations: The Mentally Retarded, the Blind, and the Elderly

      • Linda P. Acredolo
      Pages 143-159

  4. Map Reading and Spatial Cognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. Terrain Visualization and Map Reading

      • Zita M. Simutis, Helena F. Barsam
      Pages 161-193

    3. Spatial Learning and Reasoning Skill

      • Perry W. Thorndyke, Sarah E. Goldin
      Pages 195-217

    4. Map Reading and Spatial Cognition: Discussion

      • Herbert L. Pick Jr., Jeffrey J. Lockman
      Pages 219-224

  5. Language and Spatial Cognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. How Language Structures Space

      • Leonard Talmy
      Pages 225-282

    3. Deixis and Spatial Orientation in Route Directions

      • Wolfgang Klein
      Pages 283-311

    4. Commentary on the Papers by Klein and Talmy

      • Charles J. Fillmore
      Pages 313-320

  6. Spatial Cognition and Information Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N3-N3
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    2. Modelling the Creation of Cognitive Maps

      • John C. Baird, Mark Wagner
      Pages 321-344
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About this book

How do people know where in the world they are? How do they find their way about? These are the sort of questions about spatial orientation with which this book is concerned. Staying spatially oriented is a pervasive aspect of all be­ havior. Animals must find their way through their environ­ ment searching efficiently for food and returning to their home areas and many species have developed very sophisticated sensing apparatus for helping them do this. Even little children know their way around quite complex environments. They remember where they put things and are able to retrieve them with little trouble. Adults in societies across the world have developed complex navigational systems for help­ ing them find their way over long distances with few dis­ tinctive landmarks. People across the world use their langu­ ages to communicate about spatial orientation in problems of simple direction giving and spatial descriptions as well as problems of long range navigation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Herbert L. Pick

  • University of California at Davis, Davis, USA

    Linda P. Acredolo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Spatial Orientation

  • Book Subtitle: Theory, Research, and Application

  • Editors: Herbert L. Pick, Linda P. Acredolo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9325-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-9327-0Published: 18 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-9325-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 378

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology

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