Spatial Cognition V: Reasoning, Action, Interaction, International Conference Spatial Cognition 2006, Bremen, Germany, September 24-28, 2006, Revised Selected Papers

Spatial Reasoning, Human-Robot Interaction, and Assistance.- Reachability and Dependency Calculi: Reasoning in Network Algebras.- The Qualitative Trajectory Calculus on Networks.- Qualitative Spatial Representation and Reasoning in the SparQ-Toolbox.- Remembering Places in Space: A Human Analog Study of the Morris Water Maze.- The Role of Users' Concepts of the Robot in Human-Robot Spatial Instruction.- Collaborative Assistance with Spatio-temporal Planning Problems.- Visuo-Spatial Reasoning and Spatial Dynamics.- Dialog-Based 3D-Image Recognition Using a Domain Ontology.- Protein Structure Prediction with Visuospatial Analogy.- The Spatial Representation of Dynamic Scenes - An Integrative Approach.- Modeling Geospatial Events and Impacts Through Qualitative Change.- Spatial Concepts, Human Memory, and Mental Reasoning.- Preferred Mental Models: How and Why They Are So Important in Human Reasoning with Spatial Relations.- The Spatial and the Visual in Mental Spatial Reasoning: An Ill-Posed Distinction.- Grounded Perceptual Schemas: Developmental Acquisition of Spatial Concepts.- Modeling Human Spatial Memory Within a Symbolic Architecture of Cognition.- Updating in Models of Spatial Memory.- Sensorimotor Interference When Reasoning About Described Environments.- Mechanisms for Human Spatial Competence.- Navigation, Wayfinding, and Route Instructions.- Algorithms for Reliable Navigation and Wayfinding.- Interpreting Route Instructions as Qualitative Spatial Actions.- Knowledge Based Schematization of Route Directions.- Map Use and Wayfinding Strategies in a Multi-building Ensemble.- How Much Information Do You Need? Schematic Maps in Wayfinding and Self Localisation.- Wayfinding Strategies in Behavior and Language: A Symmetric and Interdisciplinary Approach to Cognitive Processes.- A Spatial Cognitive Map and a Human-Like Memory Model Dedicated to Pedestrian Navigation in Virtual Urban Environments.- Linguistic and Social Issues in Spatial Knowledge Processing.- The Influence of Scale, Context and Spatial Preposition in Linguistic Topology.- Before or After: Prepositions in Spatially Constrained Systems.- Discourse Factors Influencing Spatial Descriptions in English and German.- Autobahn People: Distance Estimations Between German Cities Biased by Social Factors and the Autobahn.