Mechanisms for Human Spatial Competence

Abstract

Research spanning decades has generated a long list of phenomena associated with human spatial information processing. Additionally, a number of theories have been proposed about the representation, organization, and processing of spatial information by humans. This paper presents a broad account of human spatial competence, integrated with the ACT-R cognitive architecture. Using a cognitive architecture grounds the research in a validated theory of human cognition, enhancing the plausibility of the overall account. This work posits a close link of aspects of spatial information processing to vision and motor planning, and integrates theoretical perspectives that have been proposed over the history of research in this area. In addition, the account is supported by evidence from neuropsychological investigations of human spatial ability. The mechanisms provide a means of accounting for a broad range of phenomena described in the experimental literature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA489520

Entities

People

  • Don R. Lyon
  • Glenn Gunzelmann

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Brain
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Information Processing
  • Navigation
  • Neural Pathways
  • Neurosciences
  • Psychology
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States
  • Visual Perception

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