Learning spatial prototypes.

A study was conducted to investigate the ways in which map information is encoded and stored in memory as a prototypical representation. A sample of 40 subjects learned the nature of four categories of maps by viewing individual maps that represent examples of the categories. The prototypes of the...

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Published in:	Annals of the Association of American Geographers Vol. 84; pp. 418 - 441
Main Author:	Lloyd, Robert
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd September 1994
Subjects:	Artificial neural networks Geographical perception Categorization (Psychology)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost