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Just the tip of the iceberg: The bicoded map is but one instantiation of scalable spatial representation structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Holger Schultheis  and
Thomas Barkowsky
Holger Schultheis
Affiliation:
SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition, Universität Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany. schulth@sfbtr8.uni-bremen.de http://cosy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/staff/holger-schultheis barkowsky@sfbtr8.uni-bremen.de http://cosy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/staff/thomas-barkowsky
Thomas Barkowsky
Affiliation:
SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition, Universität Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany. schulth@sfbtr8.uni-bremen.de http://cosy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/staff/holger-schultheis barkowsky@sfbtr8.uni-bremen.de http://cosy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/staff/thomas-barkowsky
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Abstract

Although the bicoded map constitutes an interesting candidate representation, proposing it as the predominant representation for three-dimensional space is too restrictive. We present and argue for scalable spatial representation structures as a more comprehensive alternative account that includes the bicoded map as a special case.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 565 - 566
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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