Cognitive Processes underlying Mental Imagery and Problem Solving

How do we use our mental imagery to orient spatially, to navigate and to solve problems? The aim of the project is to investigate how eye-tracking methodology can be used to study spatial cognition, in particular cognitive processes underlying mental imagery, mental reasoning, problem solving and map reading.

The project is conducted in co-operation between Swedish, German and U.S. researchers from Lund, Bremen, Urbana -Champaign and Melbourne. The project is funded by the Institute for Advanced Study (Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg), Delmenhorst, Germany.