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Publication Date: 1994
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Spatial Mental Models from Descriptions.
Tversky, Barbara; And Others
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v45 n9 p656-68 Oct 1994
Reviews two projects studying the nature of mental representations of space induced entirely by language. The first project investigates perspective in descriptions of large-scale (e.g., convention center, town) space. The second project investigates mental representations of objects located immediately around the body. (37 references) (KRN)
Descriptors: Experiments, Geographic Location, Human Body, Language, Memory, Motion, Observation, Physical Environment, Relationship, Space, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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