Relocating Multiple Objects during Spatial Belief Revision

Bucher, Leandra; Nejasmic, Jelica

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32732-2_31

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“…This finding is in line with previous results showing that humans need more time in cases where two objects are relocated within a mental model than for the relocation of a single object (Bucher & Nejasmic, 2012).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The results from Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrate that humans construct spatial mental models preferably in a left to right manner, and that two main factors can increase the cognitive effort for underlying construction processes: The direction in which new objects can be integrated into an existing model modulates the complexity of construction processes, as well as the number of objects that have to be relocated within a mental model. This finding is in line with previous results showing that humans need more time in cases where two objects are relocated within a mental model than for the relocation of a single object (Bucher & Nejasmic, 2012).…”

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confidence: 93%

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The construction of spatial mental models—A new view on the continuity effect

Nejasmic

Bucher

Knauff

2015

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Many studies show that spatial reasoning with information that describe relations between two or more objects relies on the construction and inspection of mental models. This article mainly focuses on the phenomenon that humans have more difficulties in processing spatial information that is not directly related to each other-for example, presented discontinuously-what is also known as the continuity effect. The article investigates how humans integrate such information into one unified mental model. In four experiments, we investigated the question whether (a) reasoners construct more than one (preliminary) model, with the first two premises presented in a discontinuous description, and integrate the models afterwards, or alternatively (b) construct one preliminary model that is later modified in the light of the last parts of problem description. The results support the second assumption and offer a new view on the continuity effect and the fundamental principles of model construction and variation in human spatial reasoning.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

The construction of spatial mental models—A new view on the continuity effect

Nejasmic

Bucher

Knauff

2015

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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“…Reasoners use the meaning of assertions and general knowledge to construct single models of possibilities compatible with these assertions. Spatial relations are not represented explicitly in a propositional format but rather they are inherent in the model and thus can be (and must be) ''read off'' from the model by mental inspection processes (Johnson-Laird & Byrne, 1991;Polk & Newell, 1995;Goodwin & Johnson-Laird, 2005 Bucher & Nejasmic, 2012).…”

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“…For instance, in the statement ''A is to the right of C'', the C is the RO and the A the object that is located in relation to the RO. To regain consistency the LO of the inconsistent statement seems to be relocated within the initial constructed mental model Krumnack et al, 2011;Bucher & Nejasmic, 2012;Knauff et al, 2013). The distinction has been made by several psychologists and linguists (Miller & Johnson-Laird, 1972;Talmy, 1983;Landau & Jackendoff, 1993).…”

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Grounded spatial belief revision

2015

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Beliefs frequently undergo revisions, especially when new pieces of information are true but inconsistent with current beliefs. In previous studies, we showed that spatial belief revision is often guided by the functional asymmetry between the reference object and the located objects of the spatial relation. Here we first draw a connection between spatial belief revision and grounded cognition. In two experiments, we explored whether imagined physical properties of objects influence which object is relocated and which remains at its initial position. Participants mentally revised beliefs about the arrangement of objects which could be envisaged as small and large (Experiment 1) or easy to move and difficult to move (Experiment 2). The results show that (1) small objects are more often relocated than larger objects and (2) easy to move objects are faster relocated than difficult to move objects. The findings are in line with the idea of grounded cognition.

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Relocating Multiple Objects during Spatial Belief Revision

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The construction of spatial mental models—A new view on the continuity effect

The construction of spatial mental models—A new view on the continuity effect

Grounded spatial belief revision

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