David J. Bryant (1992) Representing the Environment in the Spatial Representation
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Psycoloquy 3(58): Representing the Environment in the Spatial Representation
REPRESENTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE SPATIAL REPRESENTATION
SYSTEM
Reply to Montello on Bryant on Space
David J. Bryant
Department of Psychology, 125 NI
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 437-3548
bryant@northeastern.edu
Abstract
Montello (1992) offers a number of interesting comments
from the perspective of environmental cognition. In this reply, I
would like to clarify one of the assumptions of the original
Spatial Representation System (SRS) account (Bryant 1992) and to
question Montello's (1992) claim that only egocentric frames of
reference are used in working memory.
Keywords
Spacial representation, spacial models, cognitive maps,
linguistic structure.
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