Perception of space by multiple intrinsic frames of reference.
It has been documented that when memorizing a physical space, the person's mental representation of that space is biased with distortion and segmentation. Two experiments reported here suggest that distortion and segmentation arise due to a hierarchical organization of the spatial representatio...
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| description | It has been documented that when memorizing a physical space, the person's mental representation of that space is biased with distortion and segmentation. Two experiments reported here suggest that distortion and segmentation arise due to a hierarchical organization of the spatial representation. The spatial relations associated with salient landmarks are more strongly encoded and easier to recall than those associated with non-salient landmarks. In the presence of multiple salient landmarks, multiple intrinsic frames of reference are formed and spatial relations are anchored to each individual frame of reference. Multiple such representations may co-exist and interactively determine a person's spatial performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0173685c82714719b62529535f6fed6c2022-12-22T03:37:23ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032010-01-0155e1044210.1371/journal.pone.0010442Perception of space by multiple intrinsic frames of reference.Yanlong SunHongbin WangIt has been documented that when memorizing a physical space, the person's mental representation of that space is biased with distortion and segmentation. Two experiments reported here suggest that distortion and segmentation arise due to a hierarchical organization of the spatial representation. The spatial relations associated with salient landmarks are more strongly encoded and easier to recall than those associated with non-salient landmarks. In the presence of multiple salient landmarks, multiple intrinsic frames of reference are formed and spatial relations are anchored to each individual frame of reference. Multiple such representations may co-exist and interactively determine a person's spatial performance.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2862738?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Yanlong Sun Hongbin Wang Perception of space by multiple intrinsic frames of reference. PLoS ONE |
| title | Perception of space by multiple intrinsic frames of reference. |
| title_full | Perception of space by multiple intrinsic frames of reference. |
| title_fullStr | Perception of space by multiple intrinsic frames of reference. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perception of space by multiple intrinsic frames of reference. |
| title_short | Perception of space by multiple intrinsic frames of reference. |
| title_sort | perception of space by multiple intrinsic frames of reference |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2862738?pdf=render |
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