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Moreno-Fernández, María Manuela; Salleh, Nurizzati Mohd; Prados, Jose – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2015
In Experiment 1, human participants were pre-exposed to two similar checkerboard grids (AX and X) in alternation, and to a third grid (BX) in a separate block of trials. In a subsequent test, the unique feature A was better detected than the feature B when they were presented in the same location during the pre-exposure and test phases. However,…
Descriptors: Visual Learning, Geographic Location, Attention, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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Olson, Judy M. – Journal of Geography, 2006
The ability to see whether a map is equal-area, conformal, or neither is useful for looking intelligently at large-area maps. For example, only if a map is equal-area can reliable judgments of relative size be made. If a map is equal-area, latitude-longitude cells are equal in size between a given pair of parallels, the cells between a given pair…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Map Skills, Locational Skills (Social Studies), Geographic Location