Spatial Orientation
Theory, Research, and Application
Published on 18. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 378 pages
978-1-4615-9327-0 (ISBN)
Description
How do people know where in the world they are? How do they find their way about? These are the sort of questions about spatial orientation with which this book is concerned. Staying spatially oriented is a pervasive aspect of all be havior. Animals must find their way through their environ ment searching efficiently for food and returning to their home areas and many species have developed very sophisticated sensing apparatus for helping them do this. Even little children know their way around quite complex environments. They remember where they put things and are able to retrieve them with little trouble. Adults in societies across the world have developed complex navigational systems for help ing them find their way over long distances with few dis tinctive landmarks. People across the world use their langu ages to communicate about spatial orientation in problems of simple direction giving and spatial descriptions as well as problems of long range navigation.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XIV, 378 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
577 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4615-9327-0 (9781461593270)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-9325-6
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Herbert L. Pick | Linda P. Acredolo
Spatial Orientation
Theory Research and Application : Conference on Spatial Orientation and Perception : Papers
Book
03/1983
Springer
€111.07
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Content
SECTION I COMPARATIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF SPATIAL ORIENTATION.- 1. Spatial Orientation: A Comparative Approach.- 2. The Generation and Early Development of Spatial Inferences.- 3. Comparative and Developmental Approaches to Spatial Cognition.- SECTION II SPATIAL ORIENTATION AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS.- 4. Procedures for Defining and Analyzing Cognitive Maps of the Mildly and Moderately Mentally Retarded.- 5. Spatial Orientation in the Elderly: The Current Status of Understanding.- 6. Spatial Ability and the Limitations of Perceptual Systems.- 7. Spatial Orientation in Special Populations: The Mentally Retarded, The Blind, and The Elderly.- SECTION III MAP READING AND SPATIAL COGNITION.- 8. Terrain Visualization and Map Reading.- 9. Spatial Learning and Reasoning Skill.- 10. Map Reading and Spatial Cognition: Discussion.- SECTION IV LANGUAGE AND SPATIAL COGNITION.- 11. How Language Structures Space.- 12. Deixis and Spatial Orientation in Route Directions.- 13. Commentary on the Papers by Klein and Talmy.- SECTION V SPATIAL COGNITION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING.- 14. Modelling the Creation of Cognitive Maps.- 15. The Cognitive Map: Could It Have Been Any Other Way?.- 16. Concerning Cognitive Maps: Discussion of Baird and Kuipers.- Author Index.