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The Use of Spatial Cognition in Graph Interpretation

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We conducted an experiment to investigate whether spatial processing is used in graph comprehension tasks. Using an interference paradigm, we demonstrate that a graph task interfered more with performance on a spatial memory task than on a visual (non-spatial) memory task. Reaction times showed there was no speed-accuracy tradeoff. We conclude that it was the spatial nature of the graph task that caused the additional interference in the spatial memory task. We propose that current theories of graph comprehension should be expanded to include a spatial processing component.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: Susan B. Trickett, J. Gregory Trafton

Institution: United States Navy

Language: English

Topic: Spatial Cognition and Navigation

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: McKnight Foundation, Office of Naval Research

OpenAlex ID: W269146321

FWCI: 0.801

Cites: 25

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10