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Sylvia Fitting¹, Douglas H Wedell, Gary L Allen

¹University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. USA. sfitting@vcu.edu

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
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Spatial Cognition

Background:

Previous studies showed orientation variability significantly impacts spatial memory with external cues.
Fixed orientation environments previously showed minimal effects of limited external cues on spatial memory.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effect of varying numbers of external cues (0, 4, 8, 24) on spatial memory within a fixed orientation environment.
To examine how task difficulty influences the role of external cues in spatial memory organization.

Main Methods:

Four experiments were conducted using a circular field with varying numbers of external cues.
Participants completed spatial memory tasks with manipulated difficulty, including multiple targets and filled delays.
Angular and radial biases were analyzed to determine memory prototype effects.

Main Results:

Increasing cue numbers improved spatial memory accuracy for targets nearer to cues.
Angular memory structure remained consistent (quadrant-based prototypes) across cue conditions.
Radial memory prototypes were influenced by the number of external cues.
High memory demands revealed cue effects on the categorical structuring of spatial memory.

Conclusions:

External cues enhance fine-grain spatial memory accuracy in fixed orientation settings.
The influence of cues on memory's categorical structure is contingent upon high memory load.
Findings suggest a dual role for external cues in spatial memory: improving precision and, under demanding conditions, reorganizing memory structure.