Where Is It (in the Map)? Recall and Recognition of Spatial Information

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ID14701461
AutoresAnne-Kathrin Bestgen (0000-0003-4708-5470, Ruhr University Bochum, autor de correspondencia), Dennis Edler (0000-0002-2260-9103, Ruhr University Bochum), Christina Müller (0009-0009-9971-6087, Ruhr University Bochum), Patrick Schulze (Ruhr University Bochum), Frank Dickmann (0000-0002-9012-9419, Ruhr University Bochum), Lars Kuchinke (0000-0001-8248-1167, Methods and Evaluation / International Psychoanalytic University Berlin / Berlin / Germany)
Año2017
Volumen52
Número1
Páginas80-97
Fecha de publicación2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925
EditorialUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cart.52.1.3636
OpenAlexW2594512491
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas45

Findings of empirical studies of spatial memory using maps are direct responses to the successful transfer and processing of map information. The memory performance of map users is an important indication of the quality of a map design. Studies of spatial memory have mainly relied on recall performances, but maps can be used in various ways depending on the map user's task and applied strategy. Therefore, one memory paradigm does not cover the entire spectrum of options for examining the retrieval of map information. Three different experiments were designed to analyze and compare memory performances using different map information in recall and recognition (combining episodic and semantic memory) paradigms. The results demonstrate that map complexity, as varied by the amount of displayed map detail, contributes significantly to memory performance. Moreover, memory enhancement affected by map-structuring elements (grids) depends on the respective paradigm and also on the visual appearance of the structuring elements. Both paradigms for examining the influence of map information on cognitive processing can be applied specifically to analyze the efficiency of map designs. On the basis of the different effects of map information, a reasoned application of these paradigms to test map designs is indispensable

Cognition · Cognitive map · Cognitive psychology · Episodic memory · Geography · Memory map · Overlay · Recall · Semantic memory · Spatial analysis · Structuring · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation · Artificial Intelligence