The role of experience in location estimation: Target distributions shift location memory biases.

Cognition
John LipinskiJohn P Spencer

Abstract

Research based on the Category Adjustment model concluded that the spatial distribution of target locations does not influence location estimation responses [Huttenlocher, J., Hedges, L., Corrigan, B., & Crawford, L. E. (2004). Spatial categories and the estimation of location. Cognition, 93, 75-97]. This conflicts with earlier results showing that location estimation is biased relative to the spatial distribution of targets [Spencer, J. P., & Hund, A. M. (2002). Prototypes and particulars: Geometric and experience-dependent spatial categories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131, 16-37]. Here, we resolve this controversy by using a task based on Huttenlocher et al. (Experiment 4) with minor modifications to enhance our ability to detect experience-dependent effects. Results after the first block of trials replicate the pattern reported in Huttenlocher et al. After additional experience, however, participants showed biases that significantly shifted according to the target distributions. These results are consistent with the Dynamic Field Theory, an alternative theory of spatial cognition that integrates long-term memory traces across trials relative to the perceived structure of the task space.

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May 10, 2000·Cognition·L E CrawfordJ Huttenlocher
Apr 26, 2006·Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance·John P SpencerAnne R Schutte
Aug 9, 2006·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review·L Elizabeth CrawfordLarry V Hedges
Dec 9, 2009·Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance·Anne R Schutte, John P Spencer
Aug 13, 2010·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review·John LipinskiLarissa K Samuelson

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Sep 21, 2012·Journal of Integrative Neuroscience·J P SpencerS Perone
Nov 10, 2013·PloS One·Alex B FineTing Qian
Apr 6, 2011·Memory & Cognition·L Elizabeth Crawford, Erin L Jones
Jan 27, 2016·Attention, Perception & Psychophysics·Jeffrey S Johnson, John P Spencer
Jun 23, 2016·Attention, Perception & Psychophysics·Vanessa R Simmering, Hilary E Miller
Aug 21, 2019·Frontiers in Psychology·Sammy Perone, Vanessa R Simmering
Aug 15, 2018·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review·Hagit Magen, Tatiana Aloi Emmanouil
Mar 25, 2021·Current Directions in Psychological Science·John P Spencer

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