INQUIRING INTO THE SPATIAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEM
Commentary on Bryant on Space

Abstract

David Bryant (1992) argues for a common spatial representational system that operates on both verbal and perceptual input. To evaluate this possibility, a more detailed model will be needed, specifying at least (a) how the SRS works, (b) how and when it receives inputs, (c) how details of individual objects are incorporated into or associated with knowledge of their location, and (d) how the SRS interfaces with other, nonspatial knowledge. There are other details in which I'd be particularly interested as the argument for the SRS is further developed, including the degree of involvement of the SRS required in order to produce differential access.

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