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Spatial
Cognition is concerned with the acquisition, organization, utilization,
and revision of knowledge about spatial environments. These capabilities
enable humans to manage basic and high-level cognitive tasks in everyday
life. During the past decade, numerous disciplines have contributed
to the understanding of spatial cognition in humans and in technical
systems: mathematics and informatics have analyzed formal and computational
aspects; psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology
have investigated cognitive and cultural aspects; architecture and
geography have addressed the impact of spatial cognition on different
application domains.
The universities
of Bremen, Freiburg, and Hamburg have cooperated in this field for
the past six years in the framework of the DFG
Spatial Cognition Priority Program (SCPP). They recently have
been awarded a grant by the
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to establish an International
Quality Network (IQN) in the area of Spatial Cognition.
Under the IQN funding
scheme, the three German universities have jointly established a Spatial
Cognition Research Center (SCRC). The center fosters cooperative basic
research in spatial cognition, interdisciplinary research training,
application-driven investigations, and dissemination of results in
seminars, conferences, and publications. It offers opportunities for
international researchers for either job appointments or guest stays
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