Blocking of Spatial Learning between Enclosure Geometry and a Local Landmark

Autor/inn/en	Wilson, Paul N.; Alexander, Tim
Titel	Blocking of Spatial Learning between Enclosure Geometry and a Local Landmark
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 34 (2008) 6, S.1369-1376 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
Schlagwörter	Visual Stimuli; Spatial Ability; Geometric Concepts; Cues; Learning Processes; Computer Simulation; Psychological Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Elementare Geometrie; Stichwort; Learning process; Lernprozess; Computergrafik; Computersimulation
Abstract	In a virtual environment, blocking of spatial learning to locate an invisible target was found reciprocally between a distinctively shaped enclosure and a local landmark within its walls. The blocking effect was significantly stronger when the shape of the enclosure rather than the landmark served as the blocking cue. However, the extent to which the landmark blocked enclosure-shape learning was not influenced by increasing the physical salience of the landmark. The outcomes are the first to suggest that cue-interaction effects, commonly found in human and animal contingency learning experiments, are also found in human spatial learning based on landmarks and enclosure walls. The data are discussed in terms of spatial reference frames. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10