Evaluating spatial transformation procedures as universals
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Published:2001-08
Issue:4
Volume:24
Page:697-698
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ISSN:0140-525X
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Container-title:Behavioral and Brain Sciences
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Behav Brain Sci
Author:
Parsons Lawrence M.
Abstract
Shepard proposes that the human mind relies on screw displacement because of its adaptive simplicity and uniqueness. I discuss this hypothesis by assessing screw displacement with respect to (1) other plausible spatial transformations, (2) a variety of criteria for adaptive efficiency and utility, and (3) a variety of psychological conditions in which observed responses discriminate amongst alternative spatial procedures. [Shepard]
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,Physiology,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology