Title
Spatial cognition of geometric figures in the context of proportional analogies
Abstract
The cognition of spatial objects differs among people and is highly influenced by the context in which a spatial object is perceived. We investigated experimentally how humans perceive geometric figures in geometric proportional analogies and discovered that subjects perceive structures within the figures which are suitable for solving the analogy. Humans do not perceive the elements within a figure individually or separately, but cognize the figure as a structured whole. Furthermore, the perception of each figure in the series of analogous figures is influenced by the context of the whole analogy. A computational model which shall reflect human cognition of geometric figures must be flexible enough to adapt the representation of a geometric figure and produce a similarly structured representation as humans do while solving the analogy. Furthermore, it must be able to take into account the context, i.e. structures and transformations in other geometric figures in the analogy.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-03832-7_2
COSIT
Keywords
Field
DocType
structured whole,geometric proportional analogy,human cognition,spatial object,computational model,analogous figure,spatial cognition,whole analogy,geometric figure,computer model
Cognitive science,Computer science,Do while loop,Spatial cognition,Artificial intelligence,Analogy,Cognition,Perception,Machine learning
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
5756
0302-9743
3-642-03831-X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.40
11
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Angela Schwering131931.11
Kai-uwe Kühnberger221128.67
Ulf Krumnack38713.03
Helmar Gust414322.86