Branislav NIŽŇANSKÝ

Mental abilities in the relation to landscape and to map

Nižňanský, B.: Mental abilities in the relation to landscape and to map. Kartografické listy, 1993, 1, 3 tabs., 11 refs.

Abstract: This article Is about relation of mental space imeges (MSI) and mental map. Knowledge about relations in triangle MSl - mental map - map can serve In research, education and practice. MSI has next structure: 1. Image of landscape dominant segments of landscape and their features - relative position of objects. 2. Orientation - direôtion to object - distance from man to object. Mental map is materialization of MSI (for example their drawing). Two experiments were made.

Keywords: mental space imes, mental map, ime of landscape, perception of space, experiments with mental map