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. Numerous disciplines work together to understand spatial cognition in humans and in technical systems.
- Interdisciplinary research institution at the University of Bremen, Germany
- Growing number of projects in basic and applied spatial cognition research
- Funded by the University of Bremen since 2015
- Interdisciplinary research in various areas of informatics, linguistics, and cognitive science
- 27 projects at the universities of Bremen and Freiburg
- Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 2003 to 2014
- International guest professorships and study grants
- International Spatial Cognition Summer Institute ISCSI 2003
- Funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Spatial Cognition Priority Program
- Bringing together cognitively oriented scientists from Artificial Intelligence, psychology, linguistics, and geography
- 17 projects throughout Germany
- Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 1996 to 2002
- Symposium at KI 2006, Bremen, Germany
- with Marvin Minsky, Aaron Sloman, Wolfgang Bibel, Jörg Siekmann, Wolfgang Wahlster, Sebastian Thrun, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Simon Schmitt