title: Corresponding delay-dependent biases in spatial language and spatial memory.
abstract: The present study addresses the relationship between linguistic and non-linguistic spatial representations. In three experiments we probe spatial language and spatial memory at the same time points in the task sequence. Experiments 1 and 2 show analogous delay-dependent biases in spatial language and spatial memory. Experiment 3 extends this correspondence, showing that additional perceptual structure along the vertical axis reduces delay-dependent effects in both tasks. These results indicate that linguistic and non-linguistic spatial systems depend on shared underlying representational processes. In addition, we also address how these delay-dependent biases can arise within a single theoretical framework without positing differing prototypes for linguistic and non-linguistic spatial systems.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, Gebäude ND, Raum NDEF 04/589b, 44780 Bochum, Germany. 2johnlipinski@gmail.com
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lipinski
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: Larissa K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Samuelson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013037:Spatial Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D013998:Time Perception / Q000502:physiology