This paper examines the implications of cross-linguistic multifunctionality patterns, as described by semantic maps, in terms of mental representation, that is, to what extent these patterns tell us something about the existence of a relationship between different conceptual situations that is perceived by speakers and is arguably represented in a speaker’s mind. By conceptual situation is mean...

It has been hypothesized that the brain organizes concepts into a mental map, allowing conceptual relationships to be navigated in a manner similar to that of space. Grid cells use a hexagonally symmetric code to organize spatial representations and are the likely source of a precise hexagonal symmetry in the functional magnetic resonance imaging signal. Humans navigating conceptual two-dimensi...

Detailed requirements analysis plays a key role towards the design of successful Data Warehouse (DW) system. The requirements analysis specifications are used as the prime input for the construction of conceptual level multidimensional data model. This paper has proposed a Business Object based requirements analysis framework for DW system which is supported with abstraction mechanism and reuse...

Relational Databases are extremely commonplace in today’s society. Because of this the skill of designing such databases is often taught in university courses, where part of this skill involves being able to map from a conceptual schema to relational database tables. This is a mapping algorithm that maps from the Entity Relationship conceptual schema to relational database tables, and applying ...

An open environment of discussion is a playground for selfinitiated inquiry and problem-solving. A collaborative concept map provides an explicit visualisation tool that affords the underlying cognitive structure and facilitates visual navigation along these associations of ideas. The Merlin Concept Map integrates both the collaborative and the conceptual space with the above intentions. The sp...

In recent years there has been rapidly growing interest by the GIS community in new visualization methods for cartographic data. The visualization of map changes is important for several reasons: spatio-temporal analysis, process modelling, and animated maps. It is now widely recognized that current GIS software has no ability to maintain incremental change of spatiotemporal data, and therefore...

Semantic categories vary across languages, but this variation is constrained: many logically possible semantic categories are not attested, and similar categories often appear in unrelated languages. This pattern suggests a universal conceptual basis to the variation, such that different languages provide different snapshots of the same conceptual terrain. A semantic map is a means of capturing...

This essay explores a conceptual definition of psychological processes. Previous researchers from the fields of psychology and neuroscience have noted that improving the definition of psychological processes may be extremely useful to help current efforts to map the neurobiological basis of psychological phenomena. in this essay i suggest a conceptual path in which psychological processes might...