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Cognitive Map-Design Research in the Twentieth Century: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches
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Cognitive map-design research has the goal of understanding human cognition in order to improve the design and use of maps. As a systematic sub-discipline of cartography, cognitive map-design research is a phenomenon of the twentieth century, specifically the latter half. Robinson's The Look of Maps, published in 1952, played a seminal role in the genesis of cognitive map-design research in several countries, but it had interesting precursors. Empirical work that followed from The Look of Maps included psychophysical studies of graduated circles and studies of eye movements during map reading. Theoretical work that followed included a variety of cognitive theories but especially the development of the communication model as a comprehensive framework foi˙ scientific cartography. I chart the changing fortunes of cognitive map-design research after The Look of Maps and offer explanations for these changes. I also consider the legacy of cognitive map-design research—ways in which it has or has not mattered. I conclude with a list of questions suggested, but not decisively answered, by this exploratory essay.
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- Authors
- Montello, D. R.
- Venue
- Cartography and Geographic Information Science
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-01
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 283-304
- ISSN
- 1523-0406 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-0465
- OpenAlex
- W2146567429
- Cited by
- 340
- References
- 29
- FWCI
- 55.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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