Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space
International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008, Freiburg, Germany, September 15-19, 2008. Proceedings
Editors: Freksa, C., Newcombe, N.S., Gärdenfors, P., Wölfl, S. (Eds.)
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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.
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Virtual Reality as a Valuable Research Tool for Investigating Different Aspects of Spatial Cognition
Pages 1-3
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On the “Whats” and “Hows” of “Where”: The Role of Salience in Spatial Descriptions
Pages 4-6
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Learning about Space
Pages 7-7
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Does Body Orientation Matter When Reasoning about Depicted or Described Scenes?
Pages 8-21
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Spatial Memory and Spatial Orientation
Pages 22-38
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- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space
- Book Subtitle
- International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008, Freiburg, Germany, September 15-19, 2008. Proceedings
- Editors
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- Christian Freksa
- Nora S. Newcombe
- Peter Gärdenfors
- Stefan Wölfl
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
- Series Volume
- 5248
- Copyright
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-540-87601-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 441
- Topics