Spatial Cognition: Systematic Distortions in Cognitive Maps

1984 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruo Okabayashi ◽  
Shawn M. Glynn
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-332
Author(s):  
Ryuya Sato ◽  
Mitsuhiro Kamezaki ◽  
Shigeki Sugano ◽  
Hiroyasu Iwata

One of the most important problems in teleoperation of heavy machinery is that the work efficiency of teleoperation is lower than half that of a typical boarding operation. This difference is primarily caused by operators' difficulty in creating mental representations (i.e., cognitive maps) of work sites. Operators have two opportunities to acquire information, namely before work and during work, because the introduction of teleoperation requires about one week. Therefore, we have developed a view system to be used before work to provide environmental information concerning work sites on the basis of human spatial cognition. Cognitive maps can be built by acquiring knowledge from two perspectives—the survey perspective and the route perspective. We display an external view from any viewpoint to acquire knowledge from a survey perspective and a view from an operator's viewpoint, which can be modified by the operator's intention to acquire knowledge from the route perspective. Experimental results using a simulator suggested that a proposed view system could help operators acquire cognitive maps, which may lead to a decrease in task time, the number of stops, and the moving distance and an increase in speed during grasping.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Mutiara Anggi ◽  
Diananta Pramitasari ◽  
Syam Rachma Marcillia

Berbagai kota maupun wilayah di Indonesia banyak memiliki potensi pariwisata yang menarik sehingga dikunjungi oleh turis dari berbagai macam negara. Salah satunya adalah area Ubud Bali yang memiliki banyak destinasi wisata dan terus berkembang untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pariwisatanya. Perkembangan yang pesat tersebut dikhawatirkan akan menyebabkan kepadatan lingkungan yang tidak terkendali dan berubahnya citra Ubud sebagai kawasan alam dan pedesaan yang tenang. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui citra Ubud berdasarkan kognisi spasial yang tergambar melalui peta kognisi (cognitive map) masyarakatnya. Citra Ubud tersebut diharapkan dapat digunakan sebagai pertimbangan untuk perkembangan area Ubud nantinya. Penelitian yang dilakukan di area Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali ini menggunakan metode penelitian pemetaan kognisi (cognitive mapping). Melalui metode ini sebelas responden diminta untuk menggambarkan sketsa peta area Ubud dengan menunjukkan lima elemen kota menurut Kevin Lynch, yaitu landmark, node, path, district, dan edge. Dari sebelas cognitive map yang tergambar, didapatkan hasil bahwa Ubud memiliki citra kawasan sebagai kawasan wisata yang masih memegang kuat budayanya. Hal ini ditunjukkan melalui perempatan Ubud dan Monkey Forest sebagai elemen spasial yang tertanam kuat dalam kognisi responden.IMAGE OF UBUD BALI BASED ON COGNITIVE MAP OF THE DWELLERS Various regions in Indonesia have many attractive tourism potentials and are visited by tourists from various countries. One of them is the area of Ubud, Bali, which has many tourist destinations and continues to grow to meet the needs of tourism. This rapidly growing tourism will raise some concerns about uncontrolled urban density and the alteration of Ubud’s image as a peaceful and natural rural area. Therefore, this research was conducted to find out the image of Ubud based on the dwellers’ spatial cognition, which is drawn through their cognitive maps. This image of Ubud is expected to be used as a consideration for the development of the Ubud area. The research was conducted in the area of Ubud, Gianyar, Bali, and used cognitive mapping as the research method. Through this method, eleven respondents were asked to sketch the maps of Ubud area by showing five city’s elements, according to Kevin Lynch. Those elements are landmark, node, path, district, and edge. From eleven cognitive maps drawn, the obtained result is that Ubud has the image of a tourist area that still holds a strong culture. This is shown through the intersection of Ubud and Monkey Forest as spatial elements that are firmly embedded in the respondents’ spatial cognition.


2007 ◽  
pp. 210-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Ponticorvo ◽  
Richard Walker ◽  
Orazio Miglino

This chapter introduces Evolutionary Robotics as a means of studying spatial cognition in artificial and natural systems. It argues that Evolutionary Robotics, used to replicate quantitative observations of spatial behavior in laboratory animals, offers a powerful tool to understand the general mechanisms underlying animal orientation. In particular, authors show that “artificial organisms,” with controller architecture that precludes the presence of “cognitive maps,” can accurately replicate the observed behavior of animals in classical experimental set-ups, thus suggesting that spatial orientation may not require abstract spatial representations and that sensory-motor coordination, in the presence of environment constraints, may be enough, on its own, to generate complex spatial behavior.


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