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Drawing down: The structure of spatial direction representations in drawing and categorization
Weisberg, S.M., Barnas, A.J., Abid, H., Kumar, S., Sahoo, A.K., & Yuksel, E. (Preprint). Drawing down: The structure of spatial direction representations in drawing and categorization. under review.
fmri supporting navigation
2025
Newly trained navigation and verbal memory skills elicit changes in task-related networks but not brain structure
Zheng, L., Boogaart, Z., McAvan, A., Garren, J., Doner, S., Wilkes, B.J., Groves, W., Yüksel, E., Cherep, L., Ekstrom, A.D., & Weisberg, S.M. (2025). Newly trained navigation and verbal memory skills elicit changes in task-related networks but not brain structure. eLife.
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2025
This is not the way: Global directional cues do not improve spatial navigation in an immersive virtual environment
Yuksel, E., Boogaart, Z., & Weisberg, S.M. (2025). This is not the way: Global directional cues do not improve spatial navigation in an immersive virtual environment. Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications.
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2025
Spatial navigation strategy in older adults: Preference or ability?
Barnas, A.J., Kunath, J.T., Perez, E., Boogaart, Z., Bowers, D., Ebner, N.C., & Weisberg, S.M. (2025). Spatial navigation strategy in older adults: Preference or ability?. Psychology & Aging.
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2025
The role of risk tolerance in navigation strategy decisions
Perez, E., Kvam, P.D., & Weisberg, S.M. (2025). The role of risk tolerance in navigation strategy decisions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition.
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2024
Real-time fMRI neurofeedback training of selective attention in older adults
Lin, T., Rana, M., Liu, P., Polk, R., Heemskerk, A., Weisberg, S.M., Bowers, D., Sitaram, R., & Ebner, N.C. (2024). Real-time fMRI neurofeedback training of selective attention in older adults. Brain Sciences, 14(9), 20.
fmri older adults
2024
Unlocking Coherence: The Lock-and-Key Metaphor in the Psychology of Place
Krause, A.N., Meagher, B.R., & Weisberg, S.M. (2024). Unlocking Coherence: The Lock-and-Key Metaphor in the Psychology of Place. Ecological Psychology, 36(4).
review
2024
Getting LOST: A conceptual framework for supporting and enhancing navigation in aging
Weisberg, S.M., Ebner, N.C., & Seidler, R.D. (2024). Getting LOST: A conceptual framework for supporting and enhancing navigation in aging. WIRES Cognitive Science, 15(2).
review supporting navigation
2024
Allocation of Space-Based Attention is Guided by Efficient Comprehension of Spatial Direction
Barnas, A.J., Ebner, N.C., Weisberg, S.M. (2024). Allocation of Space-Based Attention is Guided by Efficient Comprehension of Spatial Direction. Journal of Cognition, 7(1), 23.
supporting navigation
2023
A picture or a thousand words: Neither improve spatial knowledge of a complex virtual environment
Jaeger, A.J., Weisberg, S.M., Nazareth, A., & Newcombe, N.S. (2023). A picture or a thousand words: Neither improve spatial knowledge of a complex virtual environment. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 8(48), 27.
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2023
Individual differences in spatial navigation
Perez, E., & Weisberg, S.M. (2023). Individual differences in spatial navigation. Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, 2nd edition.
individual differences review
2022
Evaluating the effects of a programming error on a virtual environment measure of spatial navigation behavior
Weisberg, S.M., Schinazi, V.R., Ferrario, A., & Newcombe, N.S. (2022). Evaluating the effects of a programming error on a virtual environment measure of spatial navigation behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition.
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2021
Hippocampal volume and navigation ability: The map(ping) is not to scale
Weisberg, S.M., & Ekstrom, A.D. (2021). Hippocampal volume and navigation ability: The map(ping) is not to scale. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 126, 102-112.
review
2021
Spatial direction comprehension in images, arrows, and words in two patients with posterior cortical atrophy
Weisberg, S.M., & Chatterjee, A. (2021). Spatial direction comprehension in images, arrows, and words in two patients with posterior cortical atrophy. Neuropsychologia, 151.
older adults supporting navigation
2020
Reference frames in spatial communication for navigation and sports: An empirical study in ultimate frisbee players
Weisberg, S.M., & Chatterjee, A. (2020). Reference frames in spatial communication for navigation and sports: An empirical study in ultimate frisbee players. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5(53), 14.
individual differences supporting navigation
2019
Everyday taxi drivers: Do better navigators have larger hippocampi
Weisberg, S.M., Newcombe, N.S., & Chatterjee, A. (2019). Everyday taxi drivers: Do better navigators have larger hippocampi. Cortex, 115, 280-293.
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2019
Beyond small-scale spatial skills: Navigation skills and geoscience education
Nazareth, A., Newcombe, N.S., Shipley T.F., Velazquez, M., & Weisberg, S.M. (2019). Beyond small-scale spatial skills: Navigation skills and geoscience education., 4(17).
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2018
Behavioral and neural representations of spatial directions across words, schemas, and images
Weisberg, S.M., Marchette, S.A., & Chatterjee, A. (2018). Behavioral and neural representations of spatial directions across words, schemas, and images. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(21), 4996-5007.
fmri
2018
Cognitive maps: Some people make them, some people struggle
Weisberg, S.M., & Newcombe, N.S. (2018). Cognitive maps: Some people make them, some people struggle. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 27(4), 220-226.
individual differences review
2018
Feel the way with a vibrotactile compass: Does a navigational aid aid navigation?
Weisberg, S.M., Badgio, D., & Chatterjee, A. (2018). Feel the way with a vibrotactile compass: Does a navigational aid aid navigation?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 44(5), 667-679.
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2018
Charting the development of cognitive mapping
Nazareth, A., Weisberg, S.M., Margulis, K., & Newcombe, N.S. (2018). Charting the development of cognitive mapping. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 170, 86-106.
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2018
When gestures show us the way: Self-generated gestures selectively facilitate navigation and spatial memory
Galati, A., Weisberg, S.M., Newcombe, N.S., & Avraamides, M.N. (2018). When gestures show us the way: Self-generated gestures selectively facilitate navigation and spatial memory. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 18(1).
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2017
Navigation ability, relational and location working memory
Blacker, K.J., Weisberg, S.M., Newcombe, N.S., & Courtney, S.M. (2017). Navigation ability, relational and location working memory. Visual Cognition, 25, 691-702.
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2017
A CRISPR new world: Public attitudes towards innovations in genetic modification
Weisberg, S.M., Badgio, D., & Chatterjee, A. (2017). A CRISPR new world: Public attitudes towards innovations in genetic modification. Frontiers in Public Health: Public Health Policy, 5(117), 9.
2017
Embodied cognition and STEM learning: Overview of a topical collection in CR:PI
Weisberg, S.M. & Newcombe, N.S. (2017). Embodied cognition and STEM learning: Overview of a topical collection in CR:PI. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2(38).
review stem education
2016
Learning to interpret topographic maps: Understanding layered spatial information
Atit, K., Weisberg, S.M., Newcombe, N.S., & Shipley, T.F. (2016). Learning to interpret topographic maps: Understanding layered spatial information. Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications, 1(2), 18.
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2016
Improving middle school science learning using diagrammatic reasoning
Cromley, J.G., Weisberg, S.M., Dai, T., Newcombe, N.S., Schunn, C.D., Massey, C., & Merlino, F.J. (2016). Improving middle school science learning using diagrammatic reasoning. Science Education, 100(6), 1184-1213.
stem education
2016
How do (some) people make a cognitive map? Routes, places, and working memory
Weisberg, S.M., & Newcombe, N.S. (2016). How do (some) people make a cognitive map? Routes, places, and working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 42(5), 768-785.
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2016
The relation between navigation strategy and associative memory: An individual differences approach
Ngo, C., Weisberg, S.M., Newcombe, N.S., & Olson, I.R. (2016). The relation between navigation strategy and associative memory: An individual differences approach. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 42(4), 663-670.
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2015
Children’s use of slope to guide navigation: Sex differences relate to spontaneous slope perception
Holmes, C.A., Nardi, D.N., Newcombe, N.S., & Weisberg, S.M. (2015). Children’s use of slope to guide navigation: Sex differences relate to spontaneous slope perception. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 15(3), 170-185.
real-world navigation
2015
The lay of the land: Sensing and representing topography
Weisberg, S.M. Newcombe, N.S., Atit, K., Jacovina, M.E., Ormand, C.J., & Shipley, T.F. (2015). The lay of the land: Sensing and representing topography. Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication, 10.
stem education
2015
Sex differences and errors in the use of terrain slope for navigation
Nardi, D.N., Holmes, C.A., Newcombe, N.S., & Weisberg, S.M. (2015). Sex differences and errors in the use of terrain slope for navigation. Cognitive Processing, 16(1), 323-326.
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2014
A slippery directional slope: Individual differences in using slope as a directional cue
Weisberg, S.M., & Newcombe, N.S. (2014). A slippery directional slope: Individual differences in using slope as a directional cue. Memory & Cognition, 42, 648-661.
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2014
Up by upwest: Is slope like north?
Weisberg, S.M., Nardi, D.N., Newcombe, N.S., & Shipley, T.F. (2014). Up by upwest: Is slope like north?. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67(10), 1959-1976.
virtual reality
2014
Variations in cognitive maps: Understanding individual differences in navigation
Weisberg, S.M., Schinazi, V.R., Newcombe, N.S., Shipley, T.F., & Epstein, R.A. (2014). Variations in cognitive maps: Understanding individual differences in navigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 40(3), 669-682.
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2013
Are all types of vertical information created equal?
Weisberg, S.M., & Newcombe, N.S. (2013). Are all types of vertical information created equal?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(5), 568-569.
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