| Title & Author | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|
| 10(036) | WAYFINDING BEHAVIOR: COGNITIVE MAPPING AND OTHER SPATIAL PROCESSES.
[John Hopkins University Press, 1999 xviii, 428pp, ISBN: 0-8018-5993-X] Precis of Golledge on Cognitive-Mapping Reginald G. Golledge Department of Geography University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara CA 93106-4060 U.S.A. golledge@geog.ucsb.edu |
Abstract:
This is an edited volume of essays by psychologists,
biologists, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, and
geographers on wayfinding by humans and other species. It addresses
the extent to which cognitive maps may be universal, and produces
evidence that humans, apes, some birds and some small mammals
appear to behave as if they have internal representations that
guide wayfinding processes in a map-like manner. Evidence also
shows that insects, some mammals, and perhaps some birds may not
evince such guided behavior, but rely more on spatial updating by
dead-reckoning or pilotage. The multiple disciplinary views of
wayfinding and navigation by humans and other animals gives the
volume a distinctly different content from other available books.
Keywords: cognitive map; internal representation; navigation; navigation; path integration; place cells; wayfinding. |
| 11(058) | FINDING ONE'S WAY THROUGH "WAYFINDING"
Book Review of Golledge on Cognitive-Mapping Alan C. Clune Department of Philosophy University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo, New York 14226 USA aclune@acsu.buffalo.edu |
Abstract:
Golledge has provided us with a valuable collection of
essays which bring together a variety of researchers on both human and
nonhuman wayfinding behavior. This collection promises to be a strong
reference po int for future researchers in this area. The following is
a critical commentary on the essays in Part II of Golledge's
collection: "Perceptual and Cognitive Processing of Environmental
Information." The three chapters in Part II investigate, in a variety
of contexts and through a variety of approaches, human navigation
relative to the environment. I will comment on each chapter
separately. I think that any multi-disciplinary project such as this
demands clarity more than other projects because of the varied nature
of the audience. Hence, one or two of my comments are concerned
primarily with the clarity of the exposition.
Keywords: cognitive map; internal representation; navigation; navigation; path integration; place cells; wayfinding. |
| 11(060) | EXPLAINING WAYFINDING BEHAVIOUR AND COGNITIVE MAPPING
Book Review of Golledge on Cognitive-Mapping Verena V. Hafner Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Department of Information Technology University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/~vhafner/ vhafner@ifi.unizh.ch |
Abstract:
The debate on what lies behind the amazing wayfinding
abilities of animals and humans started several decades ago. No
definite answer has been given yet, however many theories have
arisen, from which only a handful have been confirmed through
experimental results. The book "Wayfinding Behavior" presented here
brings together the latest research on wayfinding topics from many
areas. It is the first book taking such a multidisciplinary
approach.
Keywords: cognitive map; internal representation; navigation; navigation; path integration; place cells; wayfinding. |
| 11(111) | SEARCHING FOR COMMON GROUND
Book Review of Golledge on Cognitive-Mapping Carl Frederick Craver Department of Philosophy Florida International University 3000 N.E. 145th Street North Miami, FL 33181 craverc@fiu.edu |
Abstract:
I review Golledge's latest edited collection on
wayfinding behavior, paying particular attention to the prospects
for interfield theory construction and to the mechanistic shape
that an interfield theory of wayfinding will likely take.
Keywords: cognitive map; internal representation; navigation; navigation; path integration; place cells; wayfinding. |
| 11(112) | WHAT WAYFINDING BEHAVIOUR TELLS US ABOUT COGNITIVE MAPPING
Book Review of Golledge Cognitive-Mapping W.K. Yeap Auckland University of Technology Auckland, New Zealand M.E. Jefferies Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Jefferies_me@cs.otago.ac.nz |
Abstract:
Research into cognitive mapping often focuses on its
product, the cognitive map, rather than its processes. Golledge's
(1999a,b) book is hence a timely addition to the cognitive mapping
literature, focusing on what must be the primary reason for the
evolution of a cognitive map, namely, the need to find one's way in
one's environment. We review this book from the perspective of
computational theorists in cognitive mapping. We seek explanations
for the various cognitive mapping processes, i.e. we want to know
what is computed, why it is computed, and how it could be
computed. It is pleasing to see that some of the chapters in this
book are addressing these issues.
Keywords: cognitive map; internal representation; navigation; navigation; path integration; place cells; wayfinding. |
| 13(016) | WAYFINDING BEHAVIOR AND COGNITIVE MAPS: A RESPONSE TO CRITICS
Reply to Clune, Hafner, Craver, and Yeap & Jefferies on Golledge on Cognitive-Mapping Reginald G. Golledge Department of Geography University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara CA 93106-4060 U.S.A. golledge@geog.ucsb.edu |
Abstract:
The reviewers of "Wayfinding Behavior" (Golledge 1999a,b)
are from philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, and
computer science. This book brought together a multidisciplinary
collection of experts from perceptual psychology, transportation
science, geography, psychology of individual differences,
computational process modeling, neuropsychology, ethology, zoology,
artificial intelligence, and biology to illustrate the
compatibility of thinking, theorizing, and empirically verifying
wayfinding concepts. Inevitably relevant disciplinary material is
underrepresented, but the reviewers appear to agree that this
initial try serves a useful purpose.
Keywords: wayfinding, cognitive map, spatial representation, path integration, piloting, perception-action, neuroscience, individual differences, blind/vision impaired |