The Role of Experience in Location Estimation: Target Distributions Shift Location Memory Biases

Autor/inn/en	Lipinski, John; Simmering, Vanessa R.; Johnson, Jeffrey S.; Spencer, John P.
Titel	The Role of Experience in Location Estimation: Target Distributions Shift Location Memory Biases
Quelle	In: Cognition, 115 (2010) 1, S.147-153 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2009.12.008
Schlagwörter	Long Term Memory; Experimental Psychology; Geometric Concepts; Evaluation Methods; Spatial Ability; Schemata (Cognition); Theories; Models; Bias; Task Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Langzeitgedächtnis; Experimentelle Psychologie; Elementare Geometrie; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Theory; Theorie; Analogiemodell; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	Research based on the Category Adjustment model concluded that the spatial distribution of target locations does not influence location estimation responses [Huttenlocher, J., Hedges, L., Corrigan, B., & Crawford, L. E. (2004). Spatial categories and the estimation of location. "Cognition, 93", 75-97]. This conflicts with earlier results showing that location estimation is biased relative to the spatial distribution of targets [Spencer, J. P., & Hund, A. M. (2002). Prototypes and particulars: Geometric and experience-dependent spatial categories. "Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131", 16-37]. Here, we resolve this controversy by using a task based on Huttenlocher et al. (Experiment 4) with minor modifications to enhance our ability to detect experience-dependent effects. Results after the first block of trials replicate the pattern reported in Huttenlocher et al. After additional experience, however, participants showed biases that significantly shifted according to the target distributions. These results are consistent with the Dynamic Field Theory, an alternative theory of spatial cognition that integrates long-term memory traces across trials relative to the perceived structure of the task space. (Contains 2 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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