Functional Significance of Visuospatial Representations Barbara Tversky Stanford University

Footnote: Preparation of this chapter and some of the research reported were supported by Office of Naval Research, Grants Number NOOO14-PP-1-O649 and N000140110717 to Stanford University. Amy Shelton provided excellent information on the brain, for which I am grateful. I am also grateful to Priti Shah and several anonymous reviewers who graciously pointed to inclarities and infelicities. I hope I have succeeded in correcting them..

Introduction: Four Functional Spaces The Space of the Body The Space Around the Body The Space of Navigation

Places Perspective of Acquisition Cognitive Maps Reference Objects Perspective of Judgement Reference Frames Why Systematic Errors?

The Space of External Representations Elements Relations Distortions in Memory for External Representations Creating Graphic Representations Comprehending Graphic Representations

External and Internal Representations Multiple Functional Systems in the Brain In Conclusion References

Further Reading. On bodies, events, and brain: Meltzoff, A. and Prinz, W. (Editors). The imitative mind. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. On cognitive maps:

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