Spatial Influence of Environmental Axes in a Baseball Field

Abstract

We investigated the influence of environmental axes in a baseball field. In Experiment 1, participants walked either a path in the prototypical orientation (home plate to second base) or one which was rotated 225°. Recall for object locations was best when participants imagined themselves aligned with axes salient from the experienced orientation. In Experiment 2, when learning was through a route text, there was less of an influence of environmental axes. In Experiment 3, when participants walked both paths, memories were good for the atypical orientation, suggesting that task-specific spatial cues can be more influential than a prior conceptual north.     

Individual Differences in Representational Precision Predict Spatial Working Memory Span

Perhaps the signature feature of working memory is that it is limited. In the same subjects, we used two different retrieval tasks to independently measure two different limits of spatial memory. Precision was measured by asking participants to localize a missing target item among a field of other targets and distracters. Capacity was measured with a similar task where participants identified, rather than localized, a set of remembered targets from within a larger set of identical items. Across participants, the precision of localization was positively correlated with the number of successfully retrieved items. These data suggest that an individual's representational capacity may ultimately be constrained by their ability to form precise representations of space.     

Learning Spatial Localization: From Rat Studies to Computational Models of the Hippocampus

In his landmark article, Richard Morris (1981) introduced a set of rat experiments intended “to demonstrate that rats can rapidly learn to locate an object that they can never see, hear, or smell provided it remains in a fixed spatial location relative to distal room cues” (p. 239). These experimental studies have greatly impacted our understanding of rat spatial cognition. In this article, we address a spatial cognition model primarily based on hippocampus place cell computation where we extend the prior Barrera–Weitzenfeld model (2008) intended to allow navigation in mazes containing corridors. The current work extends beyond the limitations of corridors to enable navigation in open arenas where a rat may move in any direction at any time. The extended work reproduces Morris's rat experiments through virtual rats that search for a hidden platform using visual cues in a circular open maze analogous to the Morris water maze experiments. We show results with virtual rats comparing them to Morris's original studies with rats.     

Qualitative Spatial Reasoning in Interpreting Text and Narrative

Abstract

Simple natural language texts and narratives often raise problems in commonsense spatial knowledge and reasoning of surprising logical complexity and geometric richness. In this article, I consider a dozen short texts—five taken from literature, the remainder contrived as illustrations—and discuss the spatial reasoning involved in understanding them. I conclude by summarizing their common features, and by tentatively drawing some morals for research in this area.     

头部旋转对细长体大迎角不对称涡系影响机理的实验研究

本文介绍了头部旋转对大迎角不对称涡系影响的观测结果,说明了由此而抑制大迎角不对称涡系的机理。 实验结果表明,头部旋转对细长体无侧滑大迎角不对称涡系涡迹的影响是:随头部的逐渐转动,涡系的不对称发生了周期性变化;此时,由于涡不可能迅速改变状态,从而抑制、甚至接近消除了大迎角时出现的涡系不对称现象。     

激光空间流动显示及其应用

本文介绍激光空间流动显示技术及其在复杂流动中的应用。着重介绍了作者在激光诱导荧光流动显示(LIF)技术的研究和应用。较系统地讨论了若干原理和技术问题,并提供了一些实际应用的典型的流态照片。     

数字射线成像空间分辨率的增强

成像空间分辨率是工业数字射线成像系统的重要技术指标,通过分析成像的物理过程,给出了成像过程的数学模型,进而得出影响数字射线成像空间分辨率的主要因素,并针对各种因素研究了相应的提高空间分辨率的方法.建立了成像系统的点扩展函数模型,给出了优化投影放大比的方法,提出了一种提高探测器采样频率和光电管采样孔径的硬件方法;采用了一种简便的方法抑制了散射对空间分辨率的影响;计算机模拟及实验结果验证了方法的有效性.     

改进的宽带指向最小方差空间谱估计算法

宽带测向一直是阵列信号处理领域研究的难点。把指向最小方差宽带测向算法（STMV）应用到均匀线阵上，通过对阵列频域采样数据的空间协方差矩阵的估计和加权平均处理。给出了空间谱估计子的改进形式。与通常的信号子空间宽带测向算法相比。提出的算法不需要对波达方向进行预估计，因此避免了预估计误差对最终估计结果的影响。理论分析和仿真实验证明了测向算法的有效性。     

广义质量的空间算子代数描述

应用空间算子代数理论，研究机械多体系统广义质量的结构特点，研究表明广义质量可初步表示为：M＝HφMφ*H*，并进一步表示为：M＝[I＋HφK]D[I HφK]^*，其逆矩阵可表示为：M^-1＝[I－HψK]^*D^-1[I-HψK]。这种表示与牛顿第二运动定律和欧拉定律相互对应，具有简洁的数学表达和明确的物理意义，广义质量是正，反向动力学的重要参量，是联系旋量力和旋量加速度的桥梁，其理论依根源自通过旋量整合的牛顿第二运动定律和欧拉定律，即d^2β/dt^2=M^tT′，旋量加速度等广义质量的逆左乘旋量力，据此可形成对旋量加速度的高效递推算法，并为下一时刻的φ，H，P，D，G，K等参数的正向动力学计算作准备。     

Seeing the Forest or the Trees? Shifting Categorical Effects in Map Memory

People use spatial and nonspatial information to structure memory for an environment. Two experiments explored interactions between spatial and social categories on map memory when mediated by retrieval (Experiment 1) and encoding (Experiment 2) demands. Participants studied a map depicting business locations (including proprietors' race). In Experiment 1, participants completed two memory tasks, one globally focused and the other locally focused. The global task compressed, while the local task expanded, within-category similarity. Furthermore, processing styles carried over to the subsequent task. Experiment 2 emphasized either the spatial or social category during encoding, which increased that category's weighting in memory. These results extend the work of Maddox, Rapp, Brion, and Taylor, suggesting that retrieval and encoding demands can shift how these categories affect spatial memory.