Evidence against Integration of Spatial Maps in Humans: Similarity across Real and Virtual Environments

Kent D. Bodily, Bradley R. Sturz, Jeffrey S. Katz, D. M. Kelly

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Abstract

In an open-field search task, human participants searched for a goal hidden in one of 16 bins. In Phase 1, the goal was hidden between two landmarks (blue T and red L). In Phase 2, the goal was hidden to the left and in front of a single landmark (blue T). Following training, goal-absent trials were conducted in which the red L from Phase 1 was presented alone. Bin choices during goal-absent trials assessed participants’ strategies. Results were consistent with Sturz, Bodily, and Katz (2006). Specifically, participants used a generalization strategy followed by a shift in search behavior away from the test landmark, and these results were confirmed by a control condition in which a novel landmark was presented during testing.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 2008
EventAnnual Fall meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society -
Duration: Jan 1 2008 → …

Conference

ConferenceAnnual Fall meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society
Period01/1/08 → …

Disciplines

  • Cognition and Perception
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychology

Keywords

  • goal hidden
  • goal-absent trials
  • open-field search task
  • test landmark

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