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THE EFFECTS OF VERBAL PROCESSING ON SPATIAL MEMORIES: VERBAL OVERSHADOWNIG AND SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS

Greenauer, Nathan Micheal
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1153938077

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2006, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Previous research suggests that verbally describing featural elements of a spatial memory may subsequently interfere with an individual’s ability to access and utilize complex, configural spatial knowledge. The present experiment investigated whether the negative effects of verbal elaboration result from inappropriate verbal processing of perceptual information at test, or from a modification of the memory induced by the verbalization procedure. Participants were asked to study a map depicting a small town and then to describe either featural or configural aspects of the map, or an unrelated memory. Measures of featural and configural knowledge were then obtained. No significant differences were observed between the three conditions on either measure suggesting that verbal elaboration neither hindered subsequent access to, nor modified participants’ memory of the map. Theoretical and methodological issues related to the failure to replicate prior research are considered.
David Waller (Advisor)
29 p.
Mental Models; Models; Oral Communication; Spatial Imagery; Spatial Memory; Estimation; Cognitive Maps; Spatial Memory; Spatial Organization

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  • Greenauer, N. M. (2006). THE EFFECTS OF VERBAL PROCESSING ON SPATIAL MEMORIES: VERBAL OVERSHADOWNIG AND SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1153938077

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Greenauer, Nathan. THE EFFECTS OF VERBAL PROCESSING ON SPATIAL MEMORIES: VERBAL OVERSHADOWNIG AND SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS. 2006. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1153938077.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Greenauer, Nathan. "THE EFFECTS OF VERBAL PROCESSING ON SPATIAL MEMORIES: VERBAL OVERSHADOWNIG AND SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1153938077

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