Spatial Cognition IX

1. Front Matter

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2. Spatial Memory

   1. Spatial Updating in Narratives

      • Adamantini Hatzipanayioti, Alexia Galati, Marios Avraamides

      Pages 1-13

   2. Effects of Global and Local Processing on Visuospatial Working Memory

      • Holly A. Taylor, Ayanna K. Thomas, Caterina Artuso, Caroline Eastman

      Pages 14-29

   3. Environment Learning from Spatial Descriptions: The Role of Perspective and Spatial Abilities in Young and Older Adults

      • Chiara Meneghetti, Erika Borella, Veronica Muffato, Francesca Pazzaglia, Rossana De Beni

      Pages 30-45

   4. Alignment Effects and Allocentric-Headings within a Relative Heading Task

      • Heather Burte, Mary Hegarty

      Pages 46-61

   5. On Egocentric and Allocentric Maps

      • Wai Kiang Yeap

      Pages 62-75

3. Language and Communication

   1. Attentional Distribution and Spatial Language

      • Thomas Kluth, Holger Schultheis

      Pages 76-91

   2. Boundaries and Prototypes in Categorizing Direction

      • Vivien Mast, Diedrich Wolter, Alexander Klippel, Jan Oliver Wallgrün, Thora Tenbrink

      Pages 92-107

   3. Spatial Language in Brazilian Portuguese as Perceived by the General Upper Model

      • Rodrigo de Oliveira

      Pages 108-120

   4. Spatial References with Gaze and Pointing in Shared Space of Humans and Robots

      • Patrick Renner, Thies Pfeiffer, Ipke Wachsmuth

      Pages 121-136

4. Wayfinding and Navigation

   1. Lateralization of Route Continuation and Route Order

      • Ineke J. M. van der Ham, Jacco van den Hoven

      Pages 137-146

   2. Bayesian Cue Interaction in Human Spatial Navigation

      • Xiaoli Chen, Timothy P. McNamara

      Pages 147-160

   3. Cognitive Values of Place Image Detected from Spatial Distribution of Building Names

      • Toshihiro Osaragi

      Pages 161-175

   4. Up, Down, Turn Around: Assisted Wayfinding Involving Level Changes

      • Stephany Bigler, Annina Brügger, Fiona Utzinger, Kai-Florian Richter

      Pages 176-189

   5. Effect of Simplicity and Attractiveness on Route Selection for Different Journey Types

      • Sarah Cook, Roy A. Ruddle

      Pages 190-205

   6. The Road to Direction

      • Maxime Sainte-Marie

      Pages 206-221

5. Computational Models

   1. Spatial Planning: An ACT-R Model for the Tower of London Task

      • Rebecca Albrecht, Marco Ragni

      Pages 222-236

   2. Spatial Numerosity: A Computational Model Based on a Topological Invariant

      • Tobias Kluth, Christoph Zetzsche

      Pages 237-252

6. Diagrams and Maps

   1. Qualitative Representations of Schematized and Distorted Street Segments in Sketch Maps

      • Sahib Jan, Angela Schwering, Malumbo Chipofya, Jia Wang

      Pages 253-267

   2. Spatial Reasoning in Comparative Analyses of Physics Diagrams

      • Maria D. Chang, Jon W. Wetzel, Kenneth D. Forbus

      Pages 268-282

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Spatial Cognition 2014, held in Bremen, Germany, in September 2014. The 27 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 53 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on spatial memory; language and communication; wayfinding and navigation; computational models; diagrams and maps; technical approaches; and spatial ability.

• artificial intelligence
• communication
• computational models
• diagrams
• human-computer interaction
• intelligent behavior
• language
• maps
• navigation
• spatial ability
• spatial cognition
• spatial memory
• spatial reasoning
• wayfinding

• Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

  Christian Freksa, Thomas Barkowsky

• Department of Computer Science, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

  Bernhard Nebel

• University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

  Mary Hegarty

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