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The issue that guides the present research programme concerns the representation of large-scale environments, environments that are too large to be perceived from a single vantage point. In particular, this paper is concerned with the effects of experience on the representation of a large urban environment, and how experience is manipulated by the use of expert and novice taxi drivers.
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Chase, W.G. (1983). Spatial Representations of Taxi Drivers. In: Rogers, D., Sloboda, J.A. (eds) The Acquisition of Symbolic Skills. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3724-9_43
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