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What have we learned from research on the "geometric module"?
- Source :
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Learning & Behavior . Mar2024, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p14-18. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This article is an overview of the research and controversy initiated by Cheng's (Cognition, 23(2), 149-178, 1986) article hypothesizing a purely geometric module in spatial representation. Hundreds of experiments later, we know much more about spatial behavior across a very wide array of species, ages, and kinds of conditions, but there is still no consensus model of the phenomena. I argue for an adaptive combination approach that entails several principles: (1) a focus on ecological niches and the spatial information they offer; (2) an approach to development that is experience-expectant: (3) continued plasticity as environmental conditions change; (4) language as one of many cognitive tools that can support spatial behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SPATIAL behavior
*ECOLOGICAL niche
*COGNITION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15434494
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Learning & Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175933915
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-023-00617-w