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Memory for urban geography
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In this paper, consistent patterns of errors are found in estimations of distances and angles along urban routes, even among subjects who know the areas well, and these patterns can be used to discover the organizati...Abstract:
Consistent patterns of errors are found in estimations of distances and angles along urban routes, even among subjects who know the areas well. These patterns can be used to discover the organizati...read more
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Cognitive maps, cognitive collages, and spatial mental models
TL;DR: Cognitive collages are consistent with research demonstrating systematic errors in memory and judgment of environmental knowledge and two other metaphors for mental representations are proposed and supported.
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Distortions in memory for maps
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present evidence for systematic errors in memory for real and artificial maps, local environments, and visual forms, attributed to two heuristics that are derived from principles of perceptual organization.
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Mental representations of spatial relations.
TL;DR: Three classes of theories of the mental representation of spatial relations were tested, one of which supported partially hierarchical theories of spatial representations, and computer simulations supported this conclusion.
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Spatial knowledge acquisition from direct experience in the environment: individual differences in the development of metric knowledge and the integration of separately learned places.
Toru Ishikawa,Daniel R. Montello +1 more
TL;DR: A longitudinal study was conducted to examine the spatial microgenesis of individuals and found large individual differences, particularly with respect to the accuracy and development of integrated configurational knowledge.
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Toward a psychology of memory accuracy.
TL;DR: A correspondence metaphor of memory underlying accuracy-oriented research is outlined, and how the features of this metaphor are manifested across the disparate bodies of research reviewed here are shown.
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Image of the city
Abstract: What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion -- imageability -- and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.
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A spreading-activation theory of semantic processing
TL;DR: The present paper shows how the extended theory can account for results of several production experiments by Loftus, Juola and Atkinson's multiple-category experiment, Conrad's sentence-verification experiments, and several categorization experiments on the effect of semantic relatedness and typicality by Holyoak and Glass, Rips, Shoben, and Smith, and Rosch.
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The Image of the City
TL;DR: In this article, Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion -imageability -and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities.
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The child's conception of geometry
TL;DR: This volume from Piaget's laboratory in Geneva deals primarily with the development of notions of measurement and geometrical concepts like coordinates, angles, and areas as discussed by the authors, and is a companion piece to The Child's Conception of Space.
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Styles and Methods of Structuring a City
TL;DR: APPLEYARD as discussed by the authors is an associate professor of urban design in the Department of City and Regional Planning and the chair of the department of landscape architecture in the University of California, Berkeley.