Reference Frame Activation during Spatial Term Assignment

Carlson-Radvansky, Laura A.; Irwin, David

doi:10.1006/jmla.1994.1031

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“…In line with Talmy's (1983) principle, the participants may have taken the LO to be the RO during the early stages of RO-placing trials. According to the Multiple Frame activation theory (Carlson-Radvansky & Irwin, 1994), which has shown that manipulating the orientation of the RO affects spatial language comprehension, we find a larger difference in latencies between canonical versus non-canonical LO orientations for RO-placing trials compared with LO-placing trials. However, the analysis that focused only on trials in which participants had to place the LO revealed a significant LO effect.…”

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“…The connection between spatial language and cognition has inspired many studies, particularly those interested in investigating whether extra-linguistic properties affect language. For example, exploration of the geometric properties associated with the RO's orientation has revealed how conflict among reference frames influences spatial language comprehension and production (Carlson-Radvansky & Irwin, 1994;Levinson, 1996;Taylor & Rapp, 2004). Another non-linguistic property that has been shown to affect language is the functional relationship between the objects being described (Carlson-Radvansky & Radvansky, 1996;Coventry et al, 2001).…”

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“…The effects of RO orientation have been widely investigated in spatial language research to show the consequences of selecting multiple reference frames on spatial language comprehension (Carlson, 1999;Carlson & Van Deman, 2008;Carlson-Radvansky & Irwin, 1994;Carlson-Radvansky & Logan, 1997). However, the potential effects of LO orientation on spatial language have frequently been underestimated.…”

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Object Orientation Affects Spatial Language Comprehension

Burigo

Sacchi²

2013

Cognitive Science

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Typical spatial descriptions, such as "The car is in front of the house," describe the position of a located object (LO; e.g., the car) in space relative to a reference object (RO) whose location is known (e.g., the house). The orientation of the RO affects spatial language comprehension via the reference frame selection process. However, the effects of the LO's orientation on spatial language have not received great attention. This study explores whether the pure geometric information of the LO (e.g., its orientation) affects spatial language comprehension using placing and production tasks. Our results suggest that the orientation of the LO influences spatial language comprehension even in the absence of functional relationships.

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Object Orientation Affects Spatial Language Comprehension

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2013

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“…In such situations, both reference frames are initially activated and compete for selection to define the term (Carlson-Radvansky & Irwin, 1994). Such selection seems to be accompanied by inhibition of the non-selected reference frame (Carlson-Radvansky & Jiang, 1998).…”

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Inhibition within a reference frame during the interpretation of spatial language

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Deman²

2008

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“…People can use any of several possible frameworks to locate objects in space (see, e.g., Carlson-Radvansky & Irwin, 1994;Taylor & Tversky, 1996). In viewer-centered, or egocentric, frameworks, the locations of objects are defined with respect to the viewer's perspective as ifthe viewer is in the scene.…”

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Egocentric spatial framework effects from single and multiple points of view

Maki

Marek

1997

Memory & Cognition

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In three experiments, we tested the one-place, one-perspective rule formulated by Franklin, Tversky, and Coon (1992). This rule proposes that subjects take a neutral, external perspective when they must use multiple viewpoints to make decisions about the locations of objects in memorized scenes. We compared responding from a single viewpoint with responding from two viewpoints. In Experiments 1 and 2, we used a sentence verification procedure, and in Experiment 3, we compared a true-false verification procedure with a six-alternative forced-choice procedure. Under these various conditions, we observed egocentric spatial framework effects in that above-below judgments were faster than front-back judgments and front-back judgments were faster than right-left judgments. When responding from two points of view in a single place, our subjects took multiple intrinsic perspectives rather than one neutral external perspective as proposed by the one-place, one-perspective rule.A consequence of humans' mobility is that the relative locations ofobjects in the space surrounding them changes as they change positions. People can use any of several possible frameworks to locate objects in space (see, e.g., Carlson-Radvansky & Irwin, 1994;Taylor & Tversky, 1996). In viewer-centered, or egocentric, frameworks, the locations of objects are defined with respect to the viewer's perspective as ifthe viewer is in the scene. Similarly, intrinsic reference frames can be used with respect to an object or another person in the scene. Other alternative frameworks are also possible. Locations can be mapped to an external frame ofreference so that objects' locations are defined with respect to an environmentcentered reference frame. Descriptions of spatial relations depend on the spatial framework that is being used.Use of an egocentric frame of reference is common, although individuals who are communicating will often use their listeners' frame of reference (an intrinsic frame) rather than their own (Schober, 1993(Schober, , 1995. Franklin and Tversky (1990) asked college students to memorize scenarios in which an observer was in an environment with six surrounding objects. When indicating the locations of objects relative to the observer, the students took longest to respond to objects to the right and left of the observer, an intermediate time to respond to objects in front and back of the observer, and the shortest time to respond to objects above and below the observer. ThisPortions of this paper were presented at the meetings of the Psychonomic Society in Los Angeles. November 1995. Our thanks to Nancy Franklin. who kindly supplied the scenarios that we used in these experiments and who suggested Experiment 2. Thanks also to Laura Jacobson. Paul Enderson. and Michelle Schumacher. who tested some of the subjects. This paper was written while the first author was a Visiting Professor at Michigan State University. The hospitality and lively discussions of the Cognitive Interest Group are appreciated. Correspondence should be addressed to...

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Reference Frame Activation during Spatial Term Assignment

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Object Orientation Affects Spatial Language Comprehension

Object Orientation Affects Spatial Language Comprehension

Inhibition within a reference frame during the interpretation of spatial language

Egocentric spatial framework effects from single and multiple points of view

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