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Ke, Shih-Chiang; Gupta, Ankit; Lo, Yu-Hui; Ting, Chih-Chung; Tseng, Philip – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2023
The FedEx logo makes clever use of figure-ground ambiguity to create an "invisible" arrow in the background space between "E" and "x". Most designers believe the hidden arrow can convey an unconscious impression of speed and precision about the FedEx brand, which may influence subsequent behavior. To test this…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Cues, Cognitive Processes, Prior Learning
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Lovett, Andrew; Forbus, Kenneth – Cognition, 2011
A fundamental question in human cognition is how people reason about space. We use a computational model to explore cross-cultural commonalities and differences in spatial cognition. Our model is based upon two hypotheses: (1) the structure-mapping model of analogy can explain the visual comparisons used in spatial reasoning; and (2) qualitative,…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Spatial Ability, Geometric Concepts, North Americans