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Comparing Judgments of Relative Direction and Object-Based Judgments as Measures of Human Spatial Memory: Evaluation with a Measurement Model.
| Τίτλος: | Comparing Judgments of Relative Direction and Object-Based Judgments as Measures of Human Spatial Memory: Evaluation with a Measurement Model. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Colle HA; Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA., Carpenter Z; Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, USA., Molinar TJ; Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA. |
| Πηγή: | Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) [Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)] 2026 Oct; Vol. 79 (10), pp. 2773-2792. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Apr 03. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article; Comparative Study |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Sage in association with Experimental Psychology Society Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101259775 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1747-0226 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17470218 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2018- : London : Sage in association with Experimental Psychology Society Original Publication: London : Informa Healthcare |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Judgment*/physiology , Spatial Memory*/physiology , Space Perception*/physiology , Models, Psychological*, Humans ; Male ; Female ; Young Adult ; Adult |
| Περίληψη: | Directional pointing tasks-particularly judgments of relative direction (JRDs)-have advanced research on spatial memory. However, overreliance on a single measurement task like JRDs may miss nuances in how spatial information is processed and represented. Therefore, we compare JRDs with object-based judgments (OBJs). While these measures seem to reflect different cognitive processes, a parameter-free measurement model suggests they assess the same underlying memory representations. This model, grounded in two key assumptions, allows point estimates of JRD absolute angular error to be calculated from specific OBJ responses. Across two experiments (N = 96), we found support for two conclusions: (a) JRDs and OBJs access the same memory representations, and (b) JRDs combine the absolute angular error from two different sources, while OBJs isolate a single source, making OBJs more specific. |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: directional pointing; judgment of relative direction; measurement models; object-based judgment; spatial memory |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260403 Date Completed: 20260930 Latest Revision: 20260930 |
| Update Code: | 20260930 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13601694 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/17470218261442869 |
| PMID: | 41930726 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1747-0226 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/17470218261442869 |