Multiple Strategies for Spatial Integration of 2D Layouts within Working Memory.

ABSTRACT: Prior results on the spatial integration of layouts within a room differed regarding the reference frame that participants used for integration. We asked whether these differences also occur when integrating 2D screen views and, if so, what the reasons for this might be. In four experiments we showed that integrating reference frames varied as a function of task familiarity combined with processing time, cues for spatial transformation, and information about action requirements paralleling results in the 3D case. Participants saw part of an object layout in screen 1, another part in screen 2, and reacted on the integrated layout in screen 3. Layout presentations between two screens coincided or differed in orientation. Aligning misaligned screens for integration is known to increase errors

SUBMITTER: Meilinger T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4839648 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature