The development of categorical and coordinate spatial relations

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie Bullens ◽  
Albert Postma
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Coordinate Spatial Relations

scholarly journals The Road More Travelled: The Differential Effects of Spatial Experience in Young and Elderly Participants

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 709
Author(s):  
Antonella Lopez ◽  
Alessandro Germani ◽  
Luigi Tinella ◽  
Alessandro Oronzo Caffò ◽  
Albert Postma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Representations ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Road ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
Effects Of Aging ◽  
Coordinate Spatial Relations ◽  
Categorical Spatial Relations ◽  
The Relationship

Our spatial mental representations allow us to give refined descriptions of the environment in terms of the relative locations and distances between objects and landmarks. In this study, we investigated the effects of familiarity with the everyday environment, in terms of frequency of exploration and mode of transportation, on categorical and coordinate spatial relations, on young and elderly participants, controlling for socio-demographic factors. Participants were tested with a general anamnesis, a neuropsychological assessment, measures of explorations and the Landmark Positioning on a Map task. The results showed: (a) a modest difference in performance with categorical spatial relations; (b) a larger difference in coordinate spatial relations; (c) a significant moderating effect of age on the relationship between familiarity and spatial relations, with a stronger relation among the elderly than the young. Ceteris paribus, the role of direct experience with exploring their hometown on spatial mental representations appeared to be more important in the elderly than in the young. This advantage appears to make the elderly wiser and likely protects them from the detrimental effects of aging on spatial mental representations.

scholarly journals Focusing Narrowly or Broadly Attention When Judging Categorical and Coordinate Spatial Relations: A MEG Study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e83434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaella Franciotti ◽  
Stefania D’Ascenzo ◽  
Alberto Di Domenico ◽  
Marco Onofrj ◽  
Luca Tommasi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Coordinate Spatial Relations

Categorical and coordinate spatial relations in working memory: An fMRI study

2009 ◽  
Vol 1297 ◽  
pp. 70-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ineke J.M. van der Ham ◽  
Mathijs Raemaekers ◽  
Richard J.A. van Wezel ◽  
Anna Oleksiak ◽  
Albert Postma
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Fmri Study ◽  
Coordinate Spatial Relations

Hemispheric Processing of Categorical and Coordinate Spatial Relations in the Absence of Low Spatial Frequencies

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matia Okubo ◽  
Chikashi Michimata
Keyword(s):  
Visual Field ◽  
Spatial Frequency ◽  
Right Hemisphere ◽  
Spatial Relation ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Right Visual Field ◽  
Spatial Frequencies ◽  
Categorical Task ◽  
The Right ◽  
Coordinate Spatial Relations

Right-handed participants performed the categorical and coordinate spatial relation judgments on stimuli presented to either the left visual field—right hemisphere (LVF-RH) or the right visual field—left hemisphere (RVF-LH). The stimulus patterns were formulated either by bright dots or by contrast-balanced dots. When the stimuli were bright, an RVF-LH advantage was observed for the categorical task, whereas an LVF-RH advantage was observed for the coordinate task. When the stimuli were contrast balanced, the RVF-LH advantage was observed for the categorical task, but the LVF-RH advantage was eliminated for the coordinate task. Because the contrast-balanced dots are largely devoid of low spatial frequency content, these results suggest that processing of low spatial frequency is responsible for the right hemisphere advantage for the coordinate spatial processing.

PET Studies of Categorical and Coordinate Spatial Relations Encoding

NeuroImage ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. S812
Author(s):  
S.M. Kosslyna ◽  
W.L. Thompsonb ◽  
D.R. Gitelmanc ◽  
N.M. Alpertd
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Coordinate Spatial Relations

Lateralization of Categorical and Coordinate Spatial Functions: A Study of Unilateral Stroke Patients

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Laeng
Keyword(s):  
Right Hemisphere ◽  
Spatial Perception ◽  
Spatial Relation ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Coordinate Transformations ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Short Delay ◽  
Right Hemisphere Damage ◽  
Coordinate Spatial Relations

Sixty patients with unilateral stroke (half with left hemisphere damage and half with right hemisphere damage) and a control group (N = 15) matched for age and educational level were tested in two experiments. In one experiment they were first shown, on each trial, a sample drawing depicting one or more objects. Following a short delay, they were asked to identify the drawing when it was paired with a drawing in which the same object(s) was transformed in categorical or coordinate spatial relations. In the other experiment, the same subjects first were shown, on each trial, a sample drawing. They then judged which of two variants (each in one type of spatial relation) looked more similar to the sample drawing. Typically, patients with left-sided stroke mistakenly identified the categorical transformation for the sample drawing in the first task; in the second task, they judged the categorical transformation as more similar to the sample drawing. Patients with right-sided stroke mistakenly identified the coordinate transformations for the sample drawing in the first task, and, in the second task, typically judged the drawings transformed along coordinate spatial relations as more similar to the sample drawing. These findings provide evidence for complementary lateralization of the two types of spatial perception. It can therefore be inferred that separate functional subsystems process the two types of spatial relations.

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