A neurobehavioral model of flexible spatial language behaviors.

@article{Lipinski2012ANM,
  title={A neurobehavioral model of flexible spatial language behaviors.},
  author={John Lipinski and Sebastian Schneegans and Yulia Sandamirskaya and John P. Spencer and Gregor Sch{\"o}ner},
  journal={Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition},
  year={2012},
  volume={38 6},
  pages={
          1490-511
        }
}
We propose a neural dynamic model that specifies how low-level visual processes can be integrated with higher level cognition to achieve flexible spatial language behaviors. This model uses real-word visual input that is linked to relational spatial descriptions through a neural mechanism for reference frame transformations. We demonstrate that the system can extract spatial relations from visual scenes, select items based on relational spatial descriptions, and perform reference object… 
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