ABSTRACT

We study the role of place and region names in the formation of spatial hierarchies. Representations were probed behaviorally, i.e., by choices between two equidistant routes differing only in the number of regions they touched. Routes crossing fewer region boundaries are preferred over routes crossing more region boundaries. Visual landmark objects from a common semantic category placed in spatial vicinity induce region representations. Here we show that region dependent route preference is reduced if the landmark objects are replaced by signs displaying object names. The effects of explicit region names and linguistic properties of different naming schemes are discussed.

摘要

我们研究了地名和地名在空间层次结构形成中的作用。行为是对行为表示进行探究的，即通过两条等距路径之间的选择来进行探究，这些路径仅在它们接触的区域数量上有所不同。穿越更少区域边界的路线比穿越更多区域边界的路线更可取。来自放置在空间附近的常见语义类别的视觉界标对象可诱导区域表示。在这里，我们表明，如果将地标对象替换为显示对象名称的标志，则会降低与区域相关的路线偏好。讨论了显式区域名称和不同命名方案的语言属性的影响。