Summary: The questions to be answered by three experiments were: Do children at the age of 6 construct spatial situation models of narrative texts and, if they do so, which elements of the underlying state of affairs are represented in the models. Before ...
Detours in labyrinthsSummary: The navigation on routes and generally the orientation in space strongly depends on the topographical nature of areas and routes. In six experiments carried out in a closed labyrinth we investigated what different kinds of ...
The influence of environmental features of a route on distance knowledgeAbstract. Numerous studies have been carried out to investigate the knowledge of route distance in environmental space. Evidence suggests that the knowledge of distance is influenced ...
The “tunnel task”: a method to examine cognitive strategies for spatial orientationAbstract. We report on the theoretical development and empirical testing of a new spatial cognition task, during which participants complete a tour through a virtual ...
Knowledge acquisition and verbal linearization in spatial communicationAbstract. This paper deals with determinants of linearization in spatial communication. The well-known linearization principles, such as the principle of natural order, primarily ...
Zusammenfassung. Ansichtsbasierte Ansätze der mentalen Repräsentation räumlicher Information gehen davon aus, daß einzelne Ansichten, die während des Erwerbs räumlichen Wissens gesehen wurden, separat mental repräsentiert werden. Ein Netz solcher ...
Zusammenfassung. Selbstauskünfte leisten bedeutsame Beiträge zur Aufklärung interindividueller Unterschiede in der räumlichen Orientierung. Es wird über die Entwicklung und Validierung des deutschen Fragebogens Räumliche Strategien (FRS) berichtet, der ...
Individual life situation and space related autobiographic knowledge - memories of the chinese city Tangshan destroyed by the earthquake 22 years beforeAbstract. The effects of the individual life situation on the availability and accessibiIity of the ...
Ontogenetic development of direction pointing in a familiar environment during childhoodAbstract. In a combined longitudinal vs. cross-sectional design study pointing performance in preschool and elementary school children in familiar school environments ...
Abstract. Recent studies have ascertained a link between the motor system and imagery in children. A motor effect on imagery is demonstrated by the influence of stimuli-related movement constraints (i. e., constraints defined by the musculoskeletal system)...