Spatial representation and low vision: Two studies on the content, accuracy and utility of mental representations

Victor Roger Schinazi

doi:10.1016/j.ics.2005.05.163

Spatial representation and low vision: Two studies on the content, accuracy and utility of mental representations

Victor Roger Schinazi^*

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The paper reports on two studies being conducted with students from Dorton College-Royal London Society for the Blind (RLSB) in Kent. The first experiment will examine the content and accuracy of mental representations of a well-known environment. Students will walk a route around the college campus and learn the position of 10 buildings or structures. They will then be asked to make heading judgments, estimate distances, complete a spatial cued model and sequentially visit a series of locations. The second experiment will examine the strategies and coding heuristics used to explore a complex novel environment. Students will be asked to explore a maze and learn the location of different places. Their search patterns will be digitally tracked, coded and analyzed using GIS software. Students will be tested using the same methods as in the first experiment and their performance level will be correlated with their exploratory patterns. Throughout the paper we are reminded that construct validity can only be secured by employing multiple converging techniques in the collection and analysis of cognitive data. Methods should be designed to test content and accuracy as well as the utility of mental representations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Vision 2005: Proceedings of the International Congress held between 4 and 7 April 2005 in London, UK
Editors	Simon Jones, Deborah Hamlin, Gary S. Rubin
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	1063-1067
Number of pages	5
Volume	1282
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0444520913
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ics.2005.05.163
Publication status	Published - Sept 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Name	International Congress Series
Publisher	Elsevier
ISSN (Print)	0531-5131

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Schinazi, V. R. (2005). Spatial representation and low vision: Two studies on the content, accuracy and utility of mental representations. In S. Jones, D. Hamlin, & G. S. Rubin (Eds.), Vision 2005: Proceedings of the International Congress held between 4 and 7 April 2005 in London, UK (Vol. 1282, pp. 1063-1067). (International Congress Series). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ics.2005.05.163

Schinazi, Victor Roger. / Spatial representation and low vision : Two studies on the content, accuracy and utility of mental representations. Vision 2005: Proceedings of the International Congress held between 4 and 7 April 2005 in London, UK. editor / Simon Jones ; Deborah Hamlin ; Gary S. Rubin. Vol. 1282 Elsevier, 2005. pp. 1063-1067 (International Congress Series).

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Spatial representation and low vision: Two studies on the content, accuracy and utility of mental representations. / Schinazi, Victor Roger.
Vision 2005: Proceedings of the International Congress held between 4 and 7 April 2005 in London, UK. ed. / Simon Jones; Deborah Hamlin; Gary S. Rubin. Vol. 1282 Elsevier, 2005. p. 1063-1067 (International Congress Series).

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Schinazi VR. Spatial representation and low vision: Two studies on the content, accuracy and utility of mental representations. In Jones S, Hamlin D, Rubin GS, editors, Vision 2005: Proceedings of the International Congress held between 4 and 7 April 2005 in London, UK. Vol. 1282. Elsevier. 2005. p. 1063-1067. (International Congress Series). doi: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.05.163

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