Dissertation Information for Stephen HirtleNAME:
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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Incomplete - Inspected Title: HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE IN COGNITIVE MAPS
Abstract: "A model for the processing of physical space that assumes an underlying hierarchical structure of spatial units is proposed. Previous studies examining the mental representation of large-scale physical space are reviewed, suggesting that models of physical space can be broken into two distinct classes. The first class represents space in a topologically complete fashion where the focus of research is to uncover distortions that exist in the cognitive map, as compared to the physical world. In a second class of studies only specific aspects of the space are identified, such as the effect of a boundary on reaction time. Here the focus tends to be on the processing of the representation rather than on the representation itself. The second class of studies demonstrate that spatial information is not stored in a homogeneous fashion, but rather in a highly structured framework. Areas tend to be organized psychologically into clusters and these clusters are arranged hierarchically. |
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Students under Stephen Hirtle
ADVISEES:
- P. Bryan Heidorn - University of Pittsburgh (1997)
- Guoray Cai - University of Pittsburgh (1999)
- Molly Emmons Sorrows - University of Pittsburgh (2004)
- Lemongew Nkweteyim - University of Pittsburgh (2005)
- Samvith Srinivas - University of Pittsburgh (2010)
COMMITTEESHIPS:
- David Scott Dubin - University of Pittsburgh (1996)
- Wendy Duff - University of Pittsburgh (1996)
- Chuen-Min Huang - University of Pittsburgh (1996)
- Jozsef A. Toth - University of Pittsburgh (1997)
- Linda Lynn Roberts - University of Pittsburgh (1998)
- Cholyeun Hongpaisanwiwat - University of Pittsburgh (2002)
- Miseon Ahn - University of Pittsburgh (2003)
- Marut Buranarach - University of Pittsburgh (2004)
- Stephen Benjamin Hughes - University of Pittsburgh (2005)
- Mark Voortman - University of Pittsburgh (2010)
- Qiang Ye - University of Pittsburgh (2010)
- Sue Yeon Syn - University of Pittsburgh (2010)
- Piyawan Kasemsuppakorn - University of Pittsburgh (2011)