Representing spatial structure through maps and language: Lord of the rings encodes the spatial structure of middle earth

Cognitive Science

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1556-1569

  Louwerse, Max M ^a   Benesh, Nick ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive maps; Embodied cognition; Geographical structures; Latent semantic analysis; Mental representations; Spatial cognition; Symbol interdependency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE, MODERN; MAPS AS TOPIC; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84868335892     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12000     Document Type: Article

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