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Spatial frames of reference are integral to knowing where objects are located in space. Spatial location may be described verbally or graphically. When the cardinal points are used as verbal descriptions, north and south judgments are faster than east and west judgments. This phenomenon is investigated in the first study reported. In a second study, spatialframes of reference are inferredfrom individual graphic descriptions of macrospace. Subjective and objective measures of spatial ability are found to be correlated with individual differences in cognitive mapping.
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Sholl, M.J., Egeth, H.E. (1980). Interpreting direction from graphic displays: Spatial frames of reference. In: Kolers, P.A., Wrolstad, M.E., Bouma, H. (eds) Processing of Visible Language. Nato Conference Series, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1068-6_23
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