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Mental maps in memory retrieval and comprehension.

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How do people use spatial information stored in maps? This question has been explored in a number of domains, such as memory and language comprehension, with differing results. Some studies of how experimentally learned maps are organised in memory, ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2002Mar in Journal: Memory (Language : eng)

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1. Memory. 2002 Mar;10(2):113-26

Mental maps in memory retrieval and comprehension.

Curiel JM, Radvansky GA

Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.

How do people use spatial information stored in maps? This question has been explored in a number of domains, such as memory and language comprehension, with differing results. Some studies of how experimentally learned maps are organised in memory, using primed recognition, have found temporal information to influence mental map organisation. In contrast, studies of narrative comprehension, using probe identification and anaphoric reading times, have observed spatial effects. This study combines these two research traditions and shows that the organisation observed in long-term memory differs from the organisation in narrative comprehension, even when both tasks refer to the same map.

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First Name	LastName	Initials
Jacqueline M	Curiel	JM
Gabriel A	Radvansky	GA

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.

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Cognition - physiology
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Mental Recall - physiology
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