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cognitive models of space  

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  • Cognitive models of space refer to the different mechanisms by which humans perceive and understand the components of geographic space. Cognition is the range of intellectual activities spanning from awareness, through perception and reasoning, and finally to judgment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Geography; Cognitive Models of Space]

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