SPP 1021: Raumkognition

空间认知包括对空间环境知识的获取、组织、使用和修正。空间认知优先计划侧重于自然认知系统的调查从事表示和处理空间知识。研究项目主要包括：(1)人类认知空间能力的实证研究；(2)对空间知识表示和处理方法的潜力和局限性进行理论研究；(3)不同表示和处理方案的建模和实现及其评价；(4)研究基于计算机的系统（如人机界面）框架中的空间形式化。这个跨学科的研究项目采用纸笔研究、计算机模拟和机器人实验来研究所开发的模型。一个特别的焦点是对定性空间表征的研究。该计划与相关研究计划密切互动，例如在认知地理领域。该计划的一个重要目标是将不同学科中开发的方法相互联系起来。

Spatial cognition includes acquisition, organization, use, and revision of knowledge about spatial environments. The spatial cognition priority programme focuses on the investigation of natural cognitive systems engaged in representing and processing spatial knowledge. The research projects engage in (1) empirical investigations on human cognitive spatial abilities; (2) theoretical investigations on the potential and limits of approaches to representing and processing spatial knowledge; (3) modeling and implementing different representation and processing schemes and their evaluation; (4) investigating spatial formalisms in the framework of computer-based systems (e.g. human-computer interfaces). The interdisciplinary research program employs paper-and-pencil studies as well as computer simulations and robot experiments to investigate the models developed. A special focus has been on the investigation of qualitative spatial representations. The program heavily interacts with related research programs, e.g. in the area of cognitive geography. An important goal of the program is to relate the approaches developed in different disciplines to one another.