TY - GEN
T1 - Geographic Event Conceptualization
T2 - 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science, CogSci 2011
AU - Li, Rui
AU - Klippel, Alexander
AU - Yang, Jinlong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We present the results of two behavioral experiments on the conceptualization of geographic events (here, the movements of hurricanes). The focus is on juxtaposing two types of presentation: static versus animated trajectories. We designed 72 animated and 72 static icons of the same hurricane movements and asked participants to group them. Within each condition we distinguished paths of hurricanes using topological equivalence classes. Topology allows for differentiating ending relations that are potentially relevant for event conceptualization (Regier, 2007). Results show that motion matters. Participants constructed static icon groups more distinctly and focused more on ending relations. The presentation mode additionally influenced linguistic descriptions. These findings contribute to understanding and formalizing geographic event conceptualization.
AB - We present the results of two behavioral experiments on the conceptualization of geographic events (here, the movements of hurricanes). The focus is on juxtaposing two types of presentation: static versus animated trajectories. We designed 72 animated and 72 static icons of the same hurricane movements and asked participants to group them. Within each condition we distinguished paths of hurricanes using topological equivalence classes. Topology allows for differentiating ending relations that are potentially relevant for event conceptualization (Regier, 2007). Results show that motion matters. Participants constructed static icon groups more distinctly and focused more on ending relations. The presentation mode additionally influenced linguistic descriptions. These findings contribute to understanding and formalizing geographic event conceptualization.
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M3 - Conference contribution
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T3 - Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011
SP - 3168
EP - 3173
BT - Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011
A2 - Carlson, Laura
A2 - Hoelscher, Christoph
A2 - Shipley, Thomas F.
PB - The Cognitive Science Society
Y2 - 20 July 2011 through 23 July 2011
ER -