Micro- and Macroreference Frames: Specifying the Relations between Spatial Categories in Memory

Autor/inn/en	Greenauer, Nathan; Waller, David
Titel	Micro- and Macroreference Frames: Specifying the Relations between Spatial Categories in Memory
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36 (2010) 4, S.938-957 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/a0019647
Schlagwörter	Memory; Spatial Ability; Coding; Theories; Experiments; Undergraduate Students; Introductory Courses; Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Codierung; Programmierung; Theory; Theorie; Erprobung; Einführungskurs; Psychologie
Abstract	A substantial amount of research has demonstrated the importance of reference frames in organizing memory of object locations in both small and large environments. However, to date, little research has examined how the object locations represented in one reference frame are specified relative to object locations represented in another. In a series of 4 experiments, we demonstrate that multiple "microreference frames" can be established in memory for sets of objects that are spatially and semantically distinct, and that the spatial relations between these microreference frames are specified in memory by means of a more global, "macroreference frame". Additionally, these experiments demonstrate that an established macroreference frame can influence which of several microreference frames will be coded in memory, but that a previously established microreference frame had no appreciable influence on the subsequent formation of a macroreference frame. These results are interpreted as indicating that the same cognitive mechanisms underlie interobject coding across multiple environmental scales. The implications for reference frame theories and theories positing hierarchical memory organization are discussed. (Contains 8 figures.) (As Provided).
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