Spatial Strategies in the Description of Complex Configurations

Tenbrink, Thora; Coventry, Kenny R.; Andonova, Elena

doi:10.1080/0163853x.2010.549452

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“…This is based on preferences that are systematically related to egocentric vs. allocentric perspectives, though these, as such, may remain inaccessible to conscious reflection. Moreover, numerous studies show that reference systems are consistently (though not explicitly) expressed in language and can therefore be derived from how descriptions are formulated, even though potential ambiguity may complicate the analysis and necessitate a direct comparison with the observed scene (Carlson, 1999;Carlson-Radvansky & Logan, 1997;Taylor & Tversky, 1996;Tenbrink, Coventry, & Andonova, 2011).…”

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Orientation and metacognition in virtual space.

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Salwiczek

2016

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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Abstract. Cognitive scientists increasingly use virtual reality scenarios to address spatial perception, orientation, and navigation. If based on desktops rather than mobile immersive environments, this involves a discrepancy between the physically experienced static position and the visually perceived dynamic scene, leading to cognitive challenges that users of virtual worlds may or may not be aware of. The frequently reported loss of orientation and worse performance in point-to-origin tasks relate to the difficulty of establishing a consistent reference system on an allocentric or egocentric basis. We address the verbalisability of spatial concepts relevant in this regard, along with the conscious strategies reported by participants. Behavioural and verbal data were collected using a perceptually sparse virtual tunnel scenario that has frequently been used to differentiate between humans' preferred reference systems. Surprisingly, the linguistic data we collected relate to reference system verbalisations known from the earlier literature only to a limited extent, but instead reveal complex cognitive mechanisms and strategies. Orientation in desktop VR appears to pose considerable challenges, which participants react to by conceptualising the task in individual ways that do not systematically relate to the generic concepts of egocentric and allocentric reference frames.

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Orientation and metacognition in virtual space.

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Salwiczek

2016

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“…The distinction has been made by several psychologists and linguists (Miller & Johnson-Laird, 1972;Talmy, 1983;Landau & Jackendoff, 1993). The common idea of all these theories is that a spatial relation refers to the position of a particular object in focus relative to another object or area (Tenbrink, Andonova, & Coventry, 2011).…”

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Grounded spatial belief revision

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Beliefs frequently undergo revisions, especially when new pieces of information are true but inconsistent with current beliefs. In previous studies, we showed that spatial belief revision is often guided by the functional asymmetry between the reference object and the located objects of the spatial relation. Here we first draw a connection between spatial belief revision and grounded cognition. In two experiments, we explored whether imagined physical properties of objects influence which object is relocated and which remains at its initial position. Participants mentally revised beliefs about the arrangement of objects which could be envisaged as small and large (Experiment 1) or easy to move and difficult to move (Experiment 2). The results show that (1) small objects are more often relocated than larger objects and (2) easy to move objects are faster relocated than difficult to move objects. The findings are in line with the idea of grounded cognition.

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“…In many cases, specifi c lexical items that have been identifi ed by cognitive linguists (e.g., Talmy, 2000) as refl ecting cognitive structure may be indicative of underlying conceptual patterns. For example, explorations of the chosen level of detail (Daniel & Denis, 2004;Vorwerg & Tenbrink, 2007), hierarchical description levels (Plumert, Carswell, de Vet, & Ihrig, 1995), and the underlying conceptual perspective (Tenbrink, Coventry, & Andonova, 2011;Tenbrink, Ross, Thomas, Dethlefs, & Andonova, 2010;Tversky, 1999) reveal the fl exibility of these concepts relative to changes in the task scenario. For example, Plumert et al ( 1995 ) showed how the discourse task as well as the spatial confi guration of landmarks aff ected the order and hierarchical structuring of spatial descriptions.…”

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“…Moreover, content analysis provides a fi rst basis for categorizing the data with respect to each segment's relation to the discourse task (related to the research question at hand). For instance, in Tenbrink, Coventry, and Andonova (2011), utterances were categorized as to whether they described an object's location or orientation, both, or neither. These categories were identifi ed because they emerged as prominent types of content produced by the speakers, with clear eff ects on the targets of the research design.…”

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Cognitive Discourse Analysis: accessing cognitive representations and processes through language data

Tenbrink

2014

Lang Cognition

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This paper offers the first general introduction to CODA (Cognitive Discourse Analysis), a methodology for analyzing verbal protocols and other types of unconstrained language use, as a resource for researchers interested in mental representations and high-level cognitive processes. CODA can be used to investigate verbalizations of perceived scenes and events, spatio-temporal concepts, complex cognitive processes such as problem-solving and cognitive strategies and heuristics, and other concepts that are accessible for verbalization. CODA builds on and extends relevant established methodologies such as cognitive linguistic perspectives, verbal protocol analysis in cognitive psychology and interdisciplinary content analysis, linguistic discourse analysis, and psycholinguistic experimentation.

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Spatial Strategies in the Description of Complex Configurations

Cited by 38 publications

References 40 publications

Orientation and metacognition in virtual space.

Orientation and metacognition in virtual space.

Grounded spatial belief revision

Cognitive Discourse Analysis: accessing cognitive representations and processes through language data

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