OSSMA

Multiple Systems of Spatial Memory: Their role in Reasoning and Action

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Cyprus [CY]
Totale costo	500˙000 €
EC contributo	500˙000 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2007-StG
Funding Scheme	ERC-SG
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-10-01   -   2013-06-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS  Organization address address: KALLIPOLEOS STREET 75 city: NICOSIA postcode: 1678 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Marios Cognome: Avraamides Email: send email Telefono: 357 22 892066 Fax: 357 22 892071	CY (NICOSIA)	hostInstitution	0.00
2	UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS  Organization address address: KALLIPOLEOS STREET 75 city: NICOSIA postcode: 1678 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Xenia Cognome: Constantinou Email: send email Telefono: +357 22894297 Fax: +357 22894472	CY (NICOSIA)	hostInstitution	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The goal of the proposed project is to examine how the locations of the objects that constitute our environments are represented in memory and how such memories are used to support our actions in space. During the last three decades of research this topic has received a lot of attention by scientists from many disciplines, and over the years a number of theories have been formulated. However, our understanding of the nature and functioning of spatial memory still continues to change. More importantly, there exist empirical findings from two concentrations of research within spatial cognition that seem conflicting at first glance. On one hand, studies examining the organizational structure of spatial memory have shown that memories are encoded using allocentric reference frames; that is reference frames that encode the spatial relations among the objects of an environment. On the other hand, studies focusing on how people stay oriented towards their surroundings during locomotion suggest that egocentric representations (i.e., representations coding self-to-object relations) are involved. Recent models of spatial cognition have attempted to reconcile these findings by proposing multiple systems for spatial memory. In this project we will carry our a series of experiments in an attempt to gather empirical data to test the predictions of various theoretical models including a biologically-plausible two-system account of spatial memory that we have recently proposed (Avraamides & Kelly, in press). Drawing heavily from the literature on Stimulus-Response compatibility, this account combines the use of egocentric and allocentric representations to account for a wealth of data from all areas of spatial cognition.'