@inproceedings{db85179218e14624baf18705fb452e6b,
title = "Perceptually induced distortions in cognitive maps",
abstract = "Cities on a map that are directly connected by a route are judged closer than unconnected cities. This route effect has been attributed to memory distortions induced by the integration of map information with high-level knowledge about implications of route connections. However, depicted routes also connect cities visually, thereby creating a single visual object - which implies a perceptual basis of the route effect. In this article we show that the effect does not depend on whether a map is presented as a map or as a meaningless pattern of symbols and lines (Experiment 1), and that the effect occurs even if spatial judgments are made vis-{\`a}-vis a permanently visible configuration (Experiment 2). These findings suggest that the distorted spatial representation is a by-product of perceptual organization, not of the integration of abstract knowledge in memory by given organization principles.",
author = "Alexander Klippel and Lothar Knuf and Bernhard Hommel and Christian Freksa",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-32255-9\_12",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783540250487",
volume = "3343",
series = "Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "204--213",
editor = "Christian Freksa and Markus Knauff and Bernd Krieg-Bruckner and Bernhard Nebel and Thomas Barkowsky",
booktitle = "Spatial Cognition IV.",
address = "Germany",
note = "International Conference Spatial Cognition 2004: Spatial Cognition IV - Reasoning, Action, Interaction ; Conference date: 11-10-2004 Through 13-10-2004",
}