Micro- and Macroreference Frames: Specifying the Relations Between Spatial Categories in Memory
Micro- and Macroreference Frames: Specifying the Relations Between Spatial Categories in Memory
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DOI：
10.1037/a0019647
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发表时间：
2010-07-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Waller, David
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作者：
Greenauer, Nathan;Waller, David
大量的研究已经证明了参考框架在组织小环境和大环境中的物体位置记忆中的重要性。然而，到目前为止，很少有研究已经检查了如何在一个参考帧中表示的对象位置被指定相对于在另一个中表示的对象位置。在一系列的4个实验中，我们证明，多个微参照系可以建立在内存中的空间和语义上不同的对象集，这些微参照系之间的空间关系，指定在内存中通过一个更全球性的，macroreference帧。此外，这些实验表明，建立的宏参考帧可以影响几个微参考帧中的哪一个将在内存中编码，但先前建立的微参考帧对宏参考帧的后续形成没有明显的影响。这些结果被解释为表明在多个环境尺度上对象间编码的基础是相同的认知机制。参考框架理论和理论假设层次记忆组织的影响进行了讨论。
A substantial amount of research has demonstrated the importance of reference frames in organizing memory of object locations in both small and large environments. However, to date, little research has examined how the object locations represented in one reference frame are specified relative to object locations represented in another. In a series of 4 experiments, we demonstrate that multiple microreference frames can be established in memory for sets of objects that are spatially and semantically distinct, and that the spatial relations between these microreference frames are specified in memory by means of a more global, macroreference frame. Additionally, these experiments demonstrate that an established macroreference frame can influence which of several microreference frames will be coded in memory, but that a previously established microreference frame had no appreciable influence on the subsequent formation of a macroreference frame. These results are interpreted as indicating that the same cognitive mechanisms underlie interobject coding across multiple environmental scales. The implications for reference frame theories and theories positing hierarchical memory organization are discussed.