Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space

Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space
Author: Christian Freksa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2008-09-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540876006

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Spatial Cognition 2008, held in Freiburg, Germany, in September 2008. The 27 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on spatial orientation, spatial navigation, spatial learning, maps and modalities, spatial communication, spatial language, similarity and abstraction, concepts and reference frames, as well as spatial modeling and spatial reasoning.

The Aviation Psychology Program in the Army Air Forces

The Aviation Psychology Program in the Army Air Forces
Author: John C. Flanagan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1947
Genre: Aeronautics, Military
ISBN:

Contents: Origins and development of the aviation psychology program; Official directives on the organization and functions of the program; Selection and classification of air-crew personnel; Studies on the problem of evaluation proficiency; Findings regarding instructional problems in the flying training schools; Research on problems regarding operational procedures; Studies of individual reactions to combat; Individual differences and trait differences; Education and training and the evaluation of effectiveness; The design of equipment; Techniques of prediction and experimentation; List of official directives; Intercorrelations of tests and other variables in the experimental group and in samples of United States Military Academy Cadets.