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COSIT 2005: Spatial Information Theory pp 251–264Cite as

Cognitive Maps Are over 60

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The notion cognitive map (CM) is regarded as highly valuable but also somewhat obscured and as a consequence highly contested. This paper examines several forms of obscurity and suggests that in order to clarify the notion CM it would be useful to treat it not in terms of a single meaning entity, but in terms of kinds of cognitive maps. This is exemplified by introducing several new forms of CM.

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  1. Environmental Simulation Laboratory (ESLab), Porter School of Environmental Studies, Department of Geography and the Human Environment, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

    Juval Portugali

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  1. School of Computing, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Anthony G. Cohn

  2. Department of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, 105 Wilkeson Quad, 14261, Buffalo, NY, USA

    David M. Mark

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Portugali, J. (2005). Cognitive Maps Are over 60. In: Cohn, A.G., Mark, D.M. (eds) Spatial Information Theory. COSIT 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3693. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11556114_16

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