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。空间认知优先方案侧重于调查参与表示和处理空间知识的自然认知系统。这些研究项目涉及(1)人类认知空间能力的实证调查；(2)关于空间知识表征和处理方法的潜力和局限性的理论研究；(3)建模和实施不同的表征和处理方案及其评估；(4)在基于计算机的系统(例如人机界面)的框架内调查空间形式主义。跨学科研究项目使用纸笔研究以及计算机模拟和机器人实验来研究所开发的模型。一个特别的重点一直是对定性空间表示的调查。该计划与相关研究计划有很大的互动，例如在认知地理学领域。该计划的一个重要目标是将不同学科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.