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An Adaptive Cue Selection Model of Allocentric Spatial Reorientation

Negen, J; Bird, L; Nardini, M

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J Negen



Abstract

After becoming disoriented, an organism must use the local environment to reorient and recover vectors to important locations. A new theory, Adaptive Combination, suggests that the information from different spatial cues are combined with Bayesian efficiency during reorientation. To test this further, we modified the standard reorientation paradigm to be more amenable to Bayesian cue combination analyses while still requiring reorientation in an allocentric (world-based; not egocentric) frame. 12 adults and 20 children at 5-7 years old were asked to recall locations in a virtual environment after a disorientation. Results were not consistent with Adaptive Combination. Instead, they are consistent with the use of the most useful (nearest) single landmark in isolation. We term this Adaptive Selection. Experiment 2 suggests that adults also use the Adaptive Selection method when they are not disoriented but still required to use a local allocentric frame. This suggests that the process of recalling a location in the allocentric frame is typically guided by the single most useful landmark, rather than a Bayesian combination of landmarks. These results illustrate that there can be important limits to Bayesian theories of the cognition, particularly for complex tasks such as allocentric recall.

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Negen, J., Bird, L., & Nardini, M. (2021). An Adaptive Cue Selection Model of Allocentric Spatial Reorientation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47(10), 1409-1429. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000950

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 24, 2021
Publication Date 2021-10
Deposit Date Jun 28, 2021
Publicly Available Date Nov 25, 2021
Journal Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance.
Print ISSN 0096-1523
Electronic ISSN 1939-1277
Publisher American Psychological Association
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 47
Issue 10
Pages 1409-1429
DOI https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000950
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1240779

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