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Is There a Geometric Module for Spatial Orientation? Insights from a Rodent Navigation Model
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Sheynikhovich, Denis; Chavarriaga, Ricardo; Strosslin, Thomas; Arleo, Angelo; Gerstner, Wulfram – Psychological Review, 2009
Modern psychological theories of spatial cognition postulate the existence of a geometric module for reorientation. This concept is derived from experimental data showing that in rectangular arenas with distinct landmarks in the corners, disoriented rats often make diagonal errors, suggesting their preference for the geometric (arena shape) over…
Descriptors: Cues, Spatial Ability, Geometric Concepts, Information Processing
Continuous versus Discrete Information Processing: Modeling Accumulation of Partial Information.
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Ratcliff, Roger – Psychological Review, 1988
The technique for examining the time course of information processing developed by D. E. Meyer et. al. (1988) is analyzed. Research is provided, which suggests that this new method gives important qualitative support to some stochastic models and quantitative support to the continuous diffusion model of information processing. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Information Processing, Models
The Dynamics of Cognition and Action: Mental Processes Inferred from Speed-Accuracy Decomposition.
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Meyer, David E.; And Others – Psychological Review, 1988
Theoretical/empirical foundations on which reaction times are measured and interpreted are discussed. Models of human information processing are reviewed. A hybrid procedure and analytical framework are introduced, using a speed-accuracy decomposition technique to analyze the intermediate products of rapid mental processes. Results invalidate many…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education
The Hybrid Application of an Inductive Learning Method and a Neural Network for Intelligent Information Retrieval.
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Cortez, Edwin M.; And Others – Information Processing & Management, 1995
Proposes an information retrieval system based on a hybrid model consisting of an inductive learning and neural network system. Evaluates the system's responses to incomplete queries and inconsistent indexing. Query terms, discriminant descriptors, and the American Documentation Institute's query and document titles used in the evaluation are…
Descriptors: Indexing, Induction, Information Networks, Information Processing
The Relevance of the Social Information Processing Model for Understanding Relational Aggression in Girls
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Crain, Marcelle M.; Finch, Cambra L.; Foster, Sharon L. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
Two studies examined whether social information-processing variables predict relational aggression in girls. In Study 1, fourth- through sixth-grade girls reported their intent attributions, social goals, outcome expectancies for relational aggression, and the likelihood that they would choose a relationally aggressive response in response to…
Descriptors: Females, Information Processing, Aggression, Responses
The Interplay of News Frames on Cognitive Complexity
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Shah, Dhavan V.; Kwak, Nojin; Schmierbach, Mike; Zubric, Jessica – Human Communication Research, 2004
This research considers how distinct news frames work in combination to influence information processing. It extends framing research grounded in prospect theory (Tversky & Kahneman, 1981) and attribution theory (Iyengar, 1991) to study conditional framing effects on associative memory. Using a 2 x 3 experimental design embedded within a…
Descriptors: Probability, Urbanization, Information Processing, Attribution Theory