Publication details
Human cognition: people in the world and world in their minds.
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| Original title: | Human cognition: people in the world and world in their minds. |
| Authors: | Zdeněk Stachoň, Čeněk Šašinka |
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| Citation: | STACHOŇ, Zdeněk and Čeněk ŠAŠINKA. Human cognition: people in
the world and world in their minds. (Human cognition: people in
the world and world in their minds.). In Universal Ontology of
Geographic Space: Semantic Enrichment for Spatial Data.
Ljubljana: IGI Global, 2012. p. 97 -122, 26 pp. Neuveden. ISBN
978-1-4666-0327-1. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-0327-1.ch005.Export BibTeX@inbook{977404, author = {Stachoň, Zdeněk and Šašinka, Čeněk}, address = {Ljubljana}, booktitle = {Universal Ontology of Geographic Space: Semantic Enrichment for Spatial Data}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978 -1-4666-0327-1.ch005},keywords = {perception; cognition; mental representation; spatial data; cartography}, howpublished = {tištěná verze "print"}, language = {eng}, location = {Ljubljana}, isbn = {978 -1-4666-0327-1},pages = {97 -122},publisher = {IGI Global}, title = {Human cognition: people in the world and world in their minds.}, year = {2012} } |
| Original language: | English |
| Field: | Psychology |
| Type: | Chapter of a book |
| Keywords: | perception; cognition; mental representation; spatial data; cartography |
The article aims on topic of spatial information cognition. Evolution of cognition is described and evaluated. The adaptive function of cognition is discussed in context of ecological psychology. The current approaches to cognition problems are introduced and the basic terms and concepts are explained. Ratio of cultural influence is confronted with influence of personality traits and developmental stage of individual. Results are used for optimization of spatial data usage in interregional and global scale.
