I.G.U. Commission on Rural Development,Sub-commission on Rural Development in Highlands and High-Altitude Zones |
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| Abstract: | Theories which explain mental imagery are discussed and are related to cognitive maps. An experiment was conducted to illustrate that people can code information about maps as visual images and use map images for a map-reading task. Subjects were shown maps which were rotated at various angles from north-at-the-top. The time needed to decide if a map was a correct or mirror representation was recorded. The results support the notion that people did this task by forming and rotating map images. |
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| Keywords: | map images cognitive process cartographic communication reaction times |
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