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Cognitive representations of spatial location [PDF]

open access: yesBrain and Neuroscience Advances, 2018
Spatial memory has fascinated psychologists ever since the discipline began, but a series of findings beginning in the middle of last century propelled its study into the domain of neuroscience and helped bring about the cognitive revolution in psychology.
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Spatial Representation of Predictive Motor Learning [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Neurophysiology, 2003
A key feature of skilled motor behavior is the ability of the CNS to predict the consequences of its actions. Such prediction occurs when one hand pulls on an object held in the other hand; the restraining hand generates an anticipatory increase in grip force, thereby preventing the object from slipping.
Alice G, Witney, Daniel M, Wolpert
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Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s criticism of Bergson's theory of time seen through the work of Gilles Deleuze [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In this article I examine the relation between the philosophies of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Gilles Deleuze by looking at the way they refer to the time theory of Henri Bergson.
Wambacq, Judith
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SPACE, TIME AND MOTION - PARADIGM SHIFTS

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2017
The paper shows the influence of physical concepts of space, time and motion on psycho-logical research of perception. The data of the experimental study of the formation of the concepts of time and speed, conducted by J.
V I Panov
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Post-urbanism and cold: geo-cultural images and representations of cultural landscapes of the Northern and Arctic cities [PDF]

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2020
The purpose of this article is to show the specifics of the formation of cultural landscapes and geo-cultural images of Northern and Arctic cities within the concept of post-urbanism.
Zamyatin D.N.
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The mental representation of spatial descriptions [PDF]

open access: yesMemory & Cognition, 1982
Two experiments investigated the mental representation of spatial descriptions. In Experiment 1, the subjects classified a series of diagrams, each presented after a spatial description, as either consistent or inconsistent with the description. They were then given an unexpected recognition test of their memory for the descriptions.
K, Mani, P N, Johnson-Laird
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Exploring the Structure of Spatial Representations

open access: yesPLOS ONE, 2016
It has been suggested that the map-like representations that support human spatial memory are fragmented into sub-maps with local reference frames, rather than being unitary and global. However, the principles underlying the structure of these 'cognitive maps' are not well understood.
Madl, Tamas   +4 more
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Cose, rappresentazioni, pratiche: uno sguardo sull’ontologia ibrida della Geografia

open access: yesBollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, 2018
This article explores the ontology of geography. The main characteristic of this ontology is to be a hybrid, because the entities that inhabit it – that is things, representations and practices – are heterogeneous and irreducible to a common root.
Marcello Tanca
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Epitomes of Dacia: Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania in Early Modern English Travelogues

open access: yesMulticultural Shakespeare, 2022
This essay examines the kaleidoscopic and abridged perspectives on three early modern principalities (Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania), whose lands are now part of modern-day Romania.
Monica Matei-Chesnoiu
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