Exploring the Spatial Gradient Effect

EasyChair Preprint 3857

Abstract

We examined the limitations of the spatial gradient effect, or decrease in availability of objects/locations as a function of distance traveled. Across three experiments we used naming time probes to measure availability of an initial spatial location after varying the distance a protagonist traveled. The findings will be discussed in terms of the limit they place on memory-based explanations, and the need for dimensional information that is a part of situation-based explanations of comprehension.

Keyphrases: Memory based processing, Situation model comprehension, Spatial Gradient Effect

@booklet{EasyChair:3857,
  author    = {Emily R Smith and Edward J O'Brien},
  title     = {Exploring the Spatial Gradient Effect},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3857},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}