Recognizing variable spatial environments [Elektronische Ressource] : the theory of cognitive prism / von Tiansi Dong

RECOGNIZINGVARIABLESPATIALENVIRONMENTS—THETHEORYOFCOGNITIVEPRISMVom Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatikder Universit¨ at Bremenzur Verleihung des akademischen Grades einesDoktors der Naturwissenschaften (Dr.rer.nat.)genehmigte DissertationvonTiansiDongGutachter: Prof. Christian Freksa, Ph.DZweiter Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Christoph SchliederTo my parentsiiTable of ContentsTable of Contents iiiAbstract xvAcknowledgements xvii1 An introduction 11.1 Theaim.................................. 41.2 How can we recognize variable spatial environments? . . . . . . . . . 41.3 Interdisciplinaryperspectives ...................... 61.3.1 Neurology............................. 61.3.2 Cognitive psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3.3 Psycho-linguistics......................... 81.3.4 Formalspatialontologies..................... 81.3.5 Computational modelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.4 Theasumptionandthecriteria 101.5 Resultsandcontributions ........................ 121.6 Theorganizationofthisthesis. 132 The state of the art 152.1 Psychologicalspaces ........................... 152.2 Object recognition (Figural spatial cognition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.2.1 Object recognition at the preferred category . . . . . . . . . . 172.2.2 Gestaltgroupinglaws....................... 192.2.3 View-dependent vs. view-independent models . . . . . . . . . 202.3 Cognitive maps, frames, and other schemata . . . . . . . . . . . . .