Keeping Behavior in Context: A Dynamic Systems Account of a Transition in Spatial Recall Biases

Anne R. Schutte; Vanessa R. Simmering; Margaret R. Ortmann

doi:10.1080/13875868.2011.579212

Keeping Behavior in Context: A Dynamic Systems Account of a Transition in Spatial Recall Biases

Anne R. Schutte, Vanessa R. Simmering, Margaret R. Ortmann

Psychology

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Abstract

In location memory tasks, young children show biases toward reference axes, whereas older children show biases away from axes. As predicted by a dynamic systems model, this transition is gradual and varies across target location (Schutte & Spencer, 2009). Here we tested whether task context would influence the transition by testing children in a sandbox memory task that varied in several ways from Schutte and Spencer's task, with the key difference being the salience of boundaries. In this task context, the transition was delayed but occurred gradually. These results provide further evidence for the context-dependent nature of behavior over development.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	313-342
Number of pages	30
Journal	Spatial Cognition and Computation
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2011.579212
State	Published - Nov 2011

Keywords

cognitive development
dynamic systems
geometric bias
memory
spatial recall

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Modeling and Simulation
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Earth-Surface Processes
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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