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He simply cannot apprehend anything about them at all: their culture, their history, their topography – his mental map is blank.
The notion of a mental map isn't new.
A mental map is considered a representation of an individual's spatial cognition.
In other words, it is as if the mental map is aligned with the environment.
The journey away from home is also fraught with dangers, so a mental map is a huge advantage.
He's intrigued by the idea that a mental map is drawn with past experience, and not just with what the eyes see now.
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One central question was whether the same mental mapping is used for mental travel in time and space.
By listening to a soothing voice telling us to turn right here and go straight there, the hard cognitive work necessary for mental mapping is suddenly in little demand.
The poor predictive values of the simulations without mental maps is further stressed by the fact that, in the very rare case where the distance travelled is well predicted, that is with a high detection field of 100 m and no preference for rare tree species, like Parinari (t = −1.478, df = 99, P = 0.143), the frequency of visits is dramatically underestimated (see Figs. 2, 3).
As much of a confection as our mental maps are, they allow us to speculate, rehearse and make plans.
Studies into guidance systems using tactile maps, which are effective in creating mental maps, are also underway.
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