Video game enthusiasts spend many hours at play, and this intense activity has the potential to alter both brain and behavior. We review studies that investigate the ability of video games to modify processes in spatial cognition. We outline the initial stages of research into the underlying mechanisms of learning, and we also consider possible applications of this new knowledge. Several experi...

SICS The concept of spatial cognition or spatial ability captures several quite different cognitive functions. One way of cluster spatial tests, according to certain aspects of the spatial ability, will be presented. Difficulties in measuring or capturing different aspects of the spatial ability will also be discussed. Further this review describes issues concerning the acquisition and represen...

One mental ability crucial for navigation, both in the real world and in a v i r t u a l environment, is spatial cognition. This review will discuss individual differences in spatial cognition and wayfinding; and how these differences could effect n a v i-gation in a virtual environment. Other human aspects, as cognitive strategies and personality factors, related to navigation and the use of c...

Cognitive science at Freiburg has a long-standing tradition of cooperating with computer science in basic and applied research. In this project report we present current research in spatial cognition as part of the SFB/TR8 Spatial Cognition (Bremen and Freiburg) in our lab in Freiburg. Our research interests cover the analysis of wayfinding strategies, external and internal spatial representati...

How does the mind understand space? This paper reviews some relevant findings and describes a unified theoretical framework for human spatial cognition called FORMS. The theory maintains that spatial cognition is an elementary brain function and involves multiple unique brain systems. Space is represented in the mind not once but multiple times, not unified but segmented. Each representation is...

This thesis is proposing a research direction of using computation to help people fully take advantage of spatial cognition in thinking process. As our most important form of information processing spatial cognition provides thinking what logical and verbal means are inferior at. But without external aid, its application is tremendously constrained. Computation could play a role in circumventin...

The present paper explores cross-cultural variation in spatial cognition by comparing spatial reconstruction tasks by Dutch and Namibian elementary school children. These two communities differ in the way they predominantly express spatial relations in language. Four experiments investigate cognitive strategy preferences across different levels of task-complexity and instruction. Data show a co...

EFECTS OF SEX, FREE TESTOSTERONE, AND ANDROGEN RECEPTOR CAGREPEAT NUMBER ON SPATIAL COGNITION AND VIRTUAL NAVIGATIONPERFORMANCEbyNICOLE T. NOWAKMay 2012Advisor: Dr. Scott D. MoffatMajor: Psychology (Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience)Degree: Doctor of PhilosophyThe male advantage typically found on some measures of spatial cognition (e.g.,mental ro...