Selecting a Reference Object

Carlson, Laura A.; Williams, Mark R.; Hill, Patrick L.

doi:10.1037/e527342012-552

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“…This difference may be related to reference frame systems. We know that Tzeltal speakers communicate spatial information by relying on an absolute geocentric system (e.g., north and south; Levinson, 1994), whereas other languages use a combination of reference frames (with a preference for the absolute/relative reference frame, Carlson, 1999). The principal difference between the two systems is that the geocentric system operates without a landmark (e.g., "Where is your house?…”

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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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“…However, the potential effects of LO orientation on spatial language have frequently been underestimated. For example, Carlson-Ravansky andIrwin (1993, 1994) and Carlson (1999) manipulated the LO's location while its orientation remained irrelevant using deliberately small objects, such as a fly or a dot, or objects without intrinsic orientations, such as spheres (Carlson & Van Deman, 2008) or balls (Carlson, West, Taylor, & Herndon, 2002). In Carlson-Radvansky and Logan (1997), the LO was a simple square devoid of the features people use to determine orientation (cf.…”

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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

Burigo

Sacchi²

2013

Cognitive Science

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“…Linguistic analysis of reference systems centers on object configuration descriptions (e.g., Levinson, 2003;Carlson, 1999) and route descriptions (Couclelis, 1996;Taylor & Tversky, 1996). In large-scale environments, a distinction is often made between route vs. survey perspective.…”

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“…This is based on preferences that are systematically related to egocentric vs. allocentric perspectives, though these, as such, may remain inaccessible to conscious reflection. Moreover, numerous studies show that reference systems are consistently (though not explicitly) expressed in language and can therefore be derived from how descriptions are formulated, even though potential ambiguity may complicate the analysis and necessitate a direct comparison with the observed scene (Carlson, 1999;Carlson-Radvansky & Logan, 1997;Taylor & Tversky, 1996;Tenbrink, Coventry, & Andonova, 2011).…”

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Orientation and metacognition in virtual space.

Tenbrink¹,

Salwiczek

2016

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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Abstract. Cognitive scientists increasingly use virtual reality scenarios to address spatial perception, orientation, and navigation. If based on desktops rather than mobile immersive environments, this involves a discrepancy between the physically experienced static position and the visually perceived dynamic scene, leading to cognitive challenges that users of virtual worlds may or may not be aware of. The frequently reported loss of orientation and worse performance in point-to-origin tasks relate to the difficulty of establishing a consistent reference system on an allocentric or egocentric basis. We address the verbalisability of spatial concepts relevant in this regard, along with the conscious strategies reported by participants. Behavioural and verbal data were collected using a perceptually sparse virtual tunnel scenario that has frequently been used to differentiate between humans' preferred reference systems. Surprisingly, the linguistic data we collected relate to reference system verbalisations known from the earlier literature only to a limited extent, but instead reveal complex cognitive mechanisms and strategies. Orientation in desktop VR appears to pose considerable challenges, which participants react to by conceptualising the task in individual ways that do not systematically relate to the generic concepts of egocentric and allocentric reference frames.

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Swing it to the left, swing it to the right: enacting flexible spatial language using a neurodynamic framework

2009

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Research is continually expanding the empirical and theoretical picture of embodiment and dynamics in language. To date, however, a formalized neural dynamic framework for embodied linguistic processes has yet to emerge. To advance embodied theories of language, the present work develops a formalized neural dynamic framework of spatial language that explicitly integrates linguistic processes and dynamic sensory-motor systems. We then implement and test our spatial language architecture on a robotic platform continuously linked to real-time camera input. In a suite of tasks using everyday objects we demonstrate the framework's capacity for both contextuallydependent behavioral flexibility and the seamless integration of spatial, non-spatial, and symbolic representations. To our knowledge this is the first unified, neurally-grounded architecture integrating these processes and behaviors.

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Selecting a Reference Object

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Object Orientation Affects Spatial Language Comprehension

Object Orientation Affects Spatial Language Comprehension

Orientation and metacognition in virtual space.

Swing it to the left, swing it to the right: enacting flexible spatial language using a neurodynamic framework

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