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Conducted 2 studies to determine if a cognitive map derived from orientation judgments revealed a systematic rotation map whose rotation angle could be predicted and to lend support for an analog representation. Both experiments employed a recall-and-production method of judging direction to travel to various cities. In Exp 1, 35 Ss (aged 16–60 yrs) made 12 orientation judgments for cities on a map of northern and southern Israel. In Exp 2, 24 Ss completed 6 orientation judgments for cities on the northern half of the map. In both experiments a 15° counterclockwise rotation was predicted and found in orientation judgments. The agreement between predicted and observed degree of rotation supports the assumption of an analog representation.
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When Barbara Tversky gave a lecture at Tel Aviv on cognitive maps, she made an observation concerning the natural tilt of the Israeli coastline relative to due north. This paper follows up on this, showing a predictable deviation in orientation judgments to cities in Israel.
Professor Joseph Glicksohn
Bar-Ilan University
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This page is a summary of: Rotation, Orientation, and Cognitive Mapping, The American Journal of Psychology, January 1994, JSTOR,
DOI: 10.2307/1423288.
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