Models of Visuospatial Cognition
ISBN13: 9780195100853ISBN10: 0195100859
Paperback,
240 pages
Mar 1996,
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Description
This second volume in the Counterpoints Series, which explores issues in psychology, child development, linguistics, and neuroscience, focuses on alternative models of visual-spatial processing in human cognition. This text offers extended chapters from three of the most respected and recognized investigators in the field: Michel Denis, Margaret Intons-Peterson, and Philip Johnson-Laird. Denis considers the role of mental imagery in spatial cognition and topographical orientation; images are viewed as a form of mental representation that is similar to real-world objects. Intons-Peterson examines spatial representation in short-term, or working-memory, considering the relationship of visual-spatial processes to subjects' expectations and individual differences. Johnson-Laird approaches the issue of visual-spatial representation from a "mental models" perspective, considering the relationship of images to various cognitive events. The editors provide a historical and theoretical introduction; and a final chapter integrates the arguments of the chapters, offering ideas about new directions and new research designs.Reviews
"This work will almost certainly serve as a source of research ideas for graduate students and faculty in cognitive psychology."--Choice
About the Author(s)
Manuel de Vega, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Island , Margaret Jean Intons-Peterson, Indiana University , Philip N. Johnson-Laird, Michel Denis, and Marc Marschark, Director of the Center for Research, Teaching and Learning, National Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology
