Research article summary (published 27 Feb 2002):

Mental maps in memory retrieval and comprehension.

Full Abstract

How do people use spatial information stored in maps? This question has been explored in a number of domains, such as memory and language comprehension, with differing results. Some studies of how experimentally learned maps are organised in memory, using primed recognition, have found temporal information to influence mental map organisation. In contrast, studies of narrative comprehension, using probe identification and anaphoric reading times, have observed spatial effects. This study combines these two research traditions and shows that the organisation observed in long-term memory differs from the organisation in narrative comprehension, even when both tasks refer to the same map.

Author information

Author/s: Curiel, Jacqueline M (JM); Radvansky, Gabriel A (GA);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.

Grants: 1R03 MH56316-01 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: Memory (Hove, England) (Memory), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Mar; vol 10 (issue 2) : pp 113-26

Dates: Created 2002/01/18; Completed 2002/05/07; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 11798441, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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Cognition - physiology Humans Maps as Topic

Mental Recall - physiology Psychological Tests Regression Analysis

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