Boris M. Velichkovsky (1992) The Spatial Representation System:
. Psycoloquy: 3(46) Space (7)
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Psycoloquy 3(46): The Spatial Representation System:
THE SPATIAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEM:
A SINGLE SYSTEM OF PERCEPTUAL-VERBAL ACCESS?
Commentary on Bryant on Space
Boris M. Velichkovsky
Department for Psychology and Engineering of Knowledge
Moscow State University
Moscow 103009, Russia
BMV@chair.cogsci.msu.su
UZIFF016@comparex.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de
Abstract
Bryant's target article does an excellent job of
presenting the evidence on the central portion of the functional
hierarchy, but it unfortunately fails to distinguish human spatial
cognition's important prerequisites and advanced forms. Some of
these systems allow only "perceptual" access, others only "verbal."
In this commentary I will try to support a position that does not
integrate perceptual and verbal information about space into a
common format.
Keywords
dissociation, levels of cognitive organization, mental
space, psychophysics, spatial cognition
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