Spatial cognition : an interdisciplinary approach to representing and processing spatial knowledge / Christian Freksa, Christopher Habel, Karl F. Wender, eds.

Other author Freksa, C.
Other author Habel, Christopher.
Other author Wender, Karl Friedrich.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerlin ; New York : Springer, ©1998.
Descriptionviii, 489 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Knowledge representation (Information theory)
Space perception.

SeriesLecture notes in computer science ; 1404. Lecture notes in artificial intelligence
Lecture notes in computer science 1404. ^A466336
Lecture notes in computer science. Lecture notes in artificial intelligence. ^A467263
Contents Allocentric and egocentric spatial representations : definitions, distinctions, and interconnections / Roberta L. Klatzky -- The route direction effect and its constraints / Karin Schweizer ... [et al.] -- Spatial information and actions / Silvia Mecklenbräuker ... [et al.] -- The impact of exogenous factors on spatial coding in perception and memory / Jörg Gehrke and Bernhard Hommel -- Judging spatial relations from memory / Rainer Rothkegel, Karl F. Wender, and Sabine Schumacher -- Relations between the mental representation of extrapersonal space and spatial behavior / Steffen Werner, Christina Saade, and Gerd Lüer -- Representational levels for the perception of the courses of motion / Andreas Eisenkolb ... [et al.] -- How space structures language / Barbara Tversky and Paul U. Lee -- Shape nouns and shape concepts : a geometry for 'corner' / Carola Eschenbach ... [et al.] -- Typicality effects in the categorization of spatial relations / Constanze Vorwerg and Gert Rickheit -- The use of locative expressions in dependence of the spatial relation between target and reference object in two-dimensional layouts / Hubert D. Zimmer ... [et al.] -- Reference frames for spatial inference in text understanding / Berry Claus ... [et al.] -- Mental models in spatial reasoning / Markus Knauff ... [et al.] -- Formal models for cognition : taxonomy of spatial location description and frames of reference / Andrew U. Frank -- Spatial representation with aspect maps / Bettina Berendt ... [et al.] -- A hierarchy of qualitative representations for space / Benjamin Kuipers -- Spatial reasoning with topological information / Jochen Renz and Bernhard Nebel -- A taxonomy of spatial knowledge for navigation and its application to the Bremen autonomous wheelchair / Bernd Krieg-Brückner ... [et al.] -- Human place learning in a computer generated arena / Lynn Nadel ... [et al.] -- Spatial orientation and spatial memory within a 'locomotor maze' for humans / Bernd Leplow ... [et al.] -- Behavioral experiment in spatial cognition using virtual reality / Hanspeter A. Mallot ... [et al.] -- Spatial orientation in virtual environments : background considerations and experiments / Fredrik Wartenberg, Mark May, and Patrick Péruch.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98025681
ISBN3540646035 (softcover :alk.paper)

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Joyner General Stacks Q387 .S7 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold