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Research Article
How did you get here from there? Verbal overshadowing of spatial mental models
Article first published online: 19 DEC 2002
DOI: 10.1002/acp.921
Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Applied Cognitive Psychology
Special Issue: Investigations of the Effects of verbalization on Memory
Volume 16, Issue 8, pages 897–910, December 2002
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How to Cite
Fiore, S. M. and Schooler, J. W. (2002), How did you get here from there? Verbal overshadowing of spatial mental models. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 16: 897–910. doi: 10.1002/acp.921
Publication History
- Issue published online: 19 DEC 2002
- Article first published online: 19 DEC 2002
- Manuscript Accepted: 31 OCT 2002
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- National Institute of Mental Health
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Abstract
This experiment investigated the reactive effects of verbal reports on spatial mental models. Participants studied a map marked with a route and then either verbalized their memory for the route or engaged in an unrelated verbal activity. Results showed that verbalization hindered performance on a measure of configural knowledge (straight-line distance estimations) but had no overall influence on a measure of featural knowledge (route distance estimations). In addition, verbalization differentially interacted with verbal ability on the memory measures. The implications for research on memory for spatial environments and the evidence for the existence of two distinct forms of memory representations (route versus configural) in spatial mental models are discussed. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.