Models of Visuospatial Cognition

by Manuel de Vega, Margaret Jean Intons-Peterson, Philip N. Johnson-Laird, Michel Denis, Marc Marschark

Overview

This second volume in the Counterpoints Series, which explores issues in psychology, child development, linguistics, and neuroscience, focuses on alternative models of visual-spatial processing in human cognition. This text offers extended chapters from three of the most respected and recognized investigators in the field: Michel Denis, Margaret Intons-Peterson, and Philip Johnson-Laird. Denis considers the role of mental imagery in spatial cognition and topographical orientation; images are viewed as a form of mental representation that is similar to real-world objects. Intons-Peterson examines spatial representation in short-term, or working-memory, considering the relationship of visual-spatial processes to subjects' expectations and individual differences. Johnson-Laird approaches the issue of visual-spatial representation from a "mental models" perspective, considering the relationship of images to various cognitive events. The editors provide a historical and theoretical introduction; and a final chapter integrates the arguments of the chapters, offering ideas about new directions and new research designs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195100853
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/14/1996
Series:	Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Island

Indiana University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Table of Contents

Foreword1. Visuospatial Cognition: An Historical and Theoretical Introduction, Manuel De Vega and Marc Marschark2. Integrating the Components of Imagery, Margaret Jean Intons-Peterson3. Images, Models, and Propositional Representations, Philip N. Johnson-Laird4. Imagery and the Description of Spatial Configurations, Michel Denis5. Representations of Visuospatial Cognition: A Discussion, Mauel De Vega, Marc Marschark, Margaret Jean Intons-Peterson, Philip N. Johnson-Laird, and Michel DenisIndex

Editorial Reviews

"This work will almost certainly serve as a source of research ideas for graduate students and faculty in cognitive psychology."—Choice

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