Malleability in the development of spatial reorientation

Twyman, Alexandra D.; Newcombe, Nora S.; Gould, Thomas J.

doi:10.1002/dev.21017

Cited by 72 publications

(35 citation statements)

References 49 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…It is possible that navigation behavior results from a process of weighting one's own sense of orientation, and the information conveyed by beacons, according to one's experience of their past usefulness in similar situations, as envisaged by adaptive combination theories of decision-making (see Footnote 1). The findings of a new controlled-rearing experiment on mice provide suggestive support for this possibility (Twyman, Newcombe & Gould, in review). In this experiment, mice who were raised in a rectangular environment encoded and used the shapes of testing environments automatically in disoriented search tasks, providing evidence that they, like normally reared animals and animals raised in environments devoid of both geometry and features (Brown et al, 2007; Chiandetti & Vallortigara, 2008), reoriented by layout geometry and used their sense of orientation to find the hidden object.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 94%

A modular geometric mechanism for reorientation in children

Lee

Spelke

2010

Cognitive Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Although disoriented young children reorient themselves in relation to the shape of the surrounding surface layout, cognitive accounts of this ability vary. The present paper tests three theories of reorientation: a snapshot theory based on visual image-matching computations, an adaptive combination theory proposing that diverse environmental cues to orientation are weighted according to their experienced reliability, and a modular theory centering on encapsulated computations of the shape of the extended surface layout. Seven experiments test these theories by manipulating four properties of objects placed within a cylindrical space: their size, motion, dimensionality, and distance from the space's borders. Their findings support the modular theory and suggest that disoriented search behavior centers on two processes: a reorientation process based on the geometry of the 3D surface layout, and a beacon-guidance process based on the local features of objects and surface markings.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 94%

A modular geometric mechanism for reorientation in children

Lee

Spelke

2010

Cognitive Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Although there were no significant differences in the acquisition of geometric information alone, the circular-reared mice were faster to learn a feature panel task. Additionally, and crucially, on a test of incidental geometry encoding (a rectangle with a feature panel marking the correct location), results showed that the rectangular-reared mice had encoded the geometry, while the circular-reared mice had not (Twyman, Newcombe, & Gould, 2013).…”

Section: Adaptive Combination Theorymentioning

confidence: 97%

25 years of research on the use of geometry in spatial reorientation: a current theoretical perspective

2013

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The purpose of this article is to review and evaluate the range of theories proposed to explain findings on the use of geometry in reorientation. We consider five key approaches and models associated with them and, in the course of reviewing each approach, five key issues. First, we take up modularity theory itself, as recently revised by Lee and Spelke (Cognitive Psychology, 61, 152-176, 2010a; Experimental Brain Research, 206, 179-188, 2010b). In this context, we discuss issues concerning the basic distinction between geometry and features. Second, we review the view-matching approach (Stürzl, Cheung, Cheng, & Zeil, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 34, 1-14, 2008). In this context, we highlight the possibility of cross-species differences, as well as commonalities. Third, we review an associative theory (Miller & Shettleworth, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 33, 191-212, 2007; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 34, 419-422, 2008). In this context, we focus on phenomena of cue competition. Fourth, we take up adaptive combination theory (Newcombe & Huttenlocher, 2006). In this context, we focus on discussing development and the effects of experience. Fifth, we examine various neurally based approaches, including frameworks proposed by Doeller and Burgess (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105, 5909-5914, 2008; Doeller, King, & Burgess, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105, 5915-5920, 2008) and by Sheynikhovich, Chavarriaga, Strösslin, Arleo, and Gerstner (Psychological Review, 116, 540-566, 2009). In this context, we examine the issue of the neural substrates of spatial navigation. We conclude that none of these approaches can account for all of the known phenomena concerning the use of geometry in reorientation and clarify what the challenges are for each approach.

show abstract

“…Although there were no differences in the acquisition of geometric information alone, the circular-reared mice were faster to learn a feature panel task. Additionally, and crucially, on a test of incidental geometry encoding (a rectangle with a feature panel marking the correct location), the rectangular-reared mice had encoded the geometry while the circular-reared mice had not (Twyman, Newcombe, & Gould, 2012).…”

Section: Rearing Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Two fields are better than one: Developmental and cognitive perspectives on underatnding spatial reorientation

Twyman¹,

Nardi²,

Newcombe³

2013

CCBR

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Occasionally, we lose track of our position in the world, and must re-establish where we are located in order to function. This process has been termed the ability to reorient and was first studied by Ken Cheng in 1986. Reorientation research has revealed some powerful cross-species commonalities. It has also engaged the question of human uniqueness because it has been claimed that human adults reorient differently from other species, or from young human children, in a fashion grounded in the distinctive combinatorial power of human language. In this chapter, we consider the phenomenon of reorientation in comparative perspective, both to evaluate specific claims regarding commonalities and differences in spatial navigation, and also to illustrate, more generally, how comparative cognition research and research in human cognitive development have deep mutual relevance.

show abstract

Malleability in the development of spatial reorientation

Cited by 72 publications

References 49 publications

A modular geometric mechanism for reorientation in children

A modular geometric mechanism for reorientation in children

25 years of research on the use of geometry in spatial reorientation: a current theoretical perspective

Two fields are better than one: Developmental and cognitive perspectives on underatnding spatial reorientation

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About