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Map Cognition

Map Cognition is the cognitive process underlying the acquisition, comprehension, interpretation, and utilization of spatial information presented in cartographic representations, distinguished from general cognition by its specific focus on the mental mechanisms involved in reading, understanding, and reasoning with maps.

665

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45K

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1.1K

Authors

509

Institutions

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2017–2026

92

Variants

Cartographic Cognition

Parents

Publications

665

Cognitive maps in rats and men.

E. C. Tolman · Psychological Review · 1948 · 6.7K citations

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Image and Environment: Cognitive Mapping and Spatial Behavior

Yi‐Fu Tuan, Roger M. Downs, David Stea · Geographical Review · 1975 · 745 citations

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Modeling Spatial Knowledge*

Benjamin Kuipers · Cognitive Science · 1978 · 742 citations

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ERROR ON CHOROPLETHIC MAPS: DEFINITION, MEASUREMENT, REDUCTION

George F. Jenks, Fred C. Caspall · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 1971 · 683 citations

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Cognitive maps: What are they and why study them?

Rob Kitchin · Journal of Environmental Psychology · 1994 · 646 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. RW
    Raymond W. Kulhavy

    Arizona State University, United States

    16 publications · 515 citations

    14

    h-index

  2. RL
    Robert Lloyd

    University of South Carolina, United States

    18 publications · 667 citations

    14

    h-index

  3. CS
    Christopher Spencer

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 614 citations

    13

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  4. MB
    Mark Blades

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 588 citations

    12

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  5. FD
    Frank Dickmann

    Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    11 publications · 356 citations

    11

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Institutions

509

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    15 h-index

    42 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    15 h-index

    19 publications

    918 citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    14 h-index

    25 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Ruhr University Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    10 h-index

    35 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    747 citations

  7. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    941 citations

  8. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    2.1K citations

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Venues

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  2. Annals of the Association of American Geographers

    18 publications · 2.1K citations

    18

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  3. The American Cartographer

    19 publications · 521 citations

    17

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  4. The Cartographic Journal

    28 publications · 783 citations

    17

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  5. Child Development

    15 publications · 1.2K citations

    15

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