Alignment in spatial memory: Encoding of reference frames or of relations?

ABSTRACT: A common assumption about spatial memory is that it is organized along one or more reference directions such that access to memory is easier along directions aligned with the reference direction(s). This assumption rests to no small part on frequently replicated alignment effects arising in judgment of relative direction. In this contribution, we report an experiment designed to investigate a possible alternative explanation of alignment effects. By contrasting performance in a judgment of relative direction task with performance in an ego perspective taking task, we tested to what extent alignment effects arise from encoding of relations in addition to or instead of from organization along reference directions. Experimental results suggest little if any contribution of relation encoding o

SUBMITTER: Schultheis H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870619 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature