{"id":"https://openalex.org/W96129841","doi":null,"title":"The cognitive roots of space syntax","display_name":"The cognitive roots of space syntax","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-11-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W96129841","mag":"96129841"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:18920","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/18920/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400024","display_name":"UCL Discovery (University College London)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","host_organization_name":"University College London","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London).","raw_type":"Thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039736202","display_name":"Ricardo Vega","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0647-6124","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0647-6124"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"R.I. Mora Vega","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0647-6124","affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5039736202"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12325","display_name":"Urban Design and Spatial Analysis","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3322","display_name":"Urban Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12325","display_name":"Urban Design and Spatial Analysis","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3322","display_name":"Urban Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11904","display_name":"Spatial Cognition and Navigation","score":0.0019000000320374966,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10757","display_name":"Geographic Information Systems Studies","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3305","display_name":"Geography, Planning and Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/space-syntax","display_name":"space syntax","score":0.996999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-maps","display_name":"cognitive maps","score":0.5720000267028809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/spatial-layout","display_name":"spatial configuration","score":0.8479999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/spatial-networks","display_name":"spatial networks","score":0.5339999794960022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/movement-patterns","display_name":"movement patterns","score":0.7139999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-worlds","display_name":"virtual worlds","score":0.47200000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-theory","display_name":"cognitive theory","score":0.43700000643730164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wayfinding","display_name":"wayfinding","score":0.4740000069141388}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777103068","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110906","display_name":"Space syntax","level":3,"score":0.796843409538269},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60048249","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37437","display_name":"Syntax","level":2,"score":0.6526135802268982},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778572836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380933","display_name":"Space (punctuation)","level":2,"score":0.6407153606414795},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775899829","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109007","display_name":"Globe","level":2,"score":0.5523576736450195},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.5212348699569702},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192209626","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190909","display_name":"Focus (optics)","level":2,"score":0.5144977569580078},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170494330","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1778434","display_name":"Cognitive map","level":3,"score":0.49738171696662903},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.47772738337516785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777371692","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2178611","display_name":"Spatial cognition","level":3,"score":0.4760565459728241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.4424824118614197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.4286056458950043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.3768620789051056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.35330095887184143},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.34507620334625244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.31365644931793213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120665830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14620","display_name":"Optics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:18920","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/18920/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400024","display_name":"UCL Discovery (University College London)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","host_organization_name":"University College London","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London).","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"mag:96129841","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/18920/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306508231","display_name":"Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London).","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London).","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/11","display_name":"Sustainable cities and communities","score":0.7250000238418579}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":137,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W25341871","https://openalex.org/W56383759","https://openalex.org/W77612647","https://openalex.org/W91267029","https://openalex.org/W131738636","https://openalex.org/W246755943","https://openalex.org/W266716723","https://openalex.org/W398076818","https://openalex.org/W421814705","https://openalex.org/W592040323","https://openalex.org/W610324613","https://openalex.org/W619563084","https://openalex.org/W629037746","https://openalex.org/W631325745","https://openalex.org/W1480883159","https://openalex.org/W1483928320","https://openalex.org/W1502232895","https://openalex.org/W1503549511","https://openalex.org/W1506583902","https://openalex.org/W1514068937","https://openalex.org/W1529253181","https://openalex.org/W1530109122","https://openalex.org/W1530374414","https://openalex.org/W1544772936","https://openalex.org/W1550483765","https://openalex.org/W1551116468","https://openalex.org/W1554338876","https://openalex.org/W1572515735","https://openalex.org/W1593007803","https://openalex.org/W1597739853","https://openalex.org/W1614030156","https://openalex.org/W1670365556","https://openalex.org/W1729777349","https://openalex.org/W1916207017","https://openalex.org/W1931051687","https://openalex.org/W1933657216","https://openalex.org/W1965277665","https://openalex.org/W1966735784","https://openalex.org/W1967155880","https://openalex.org/W1967800552","https://openalex.org/W1968060331","https://openalex.org/W1968322228","https://openalex.org/W1969017311","https://openalex.org/W1970262886","https://openalex.org/W1974982934","https://openalex.org/W1979848952","https://openalex.org/W1979973762","https://openalex.org/W1980184073","https://openalex.org/W1982908669","https://openalex.org/W1984186585","https://openalex.org/W1984314602","https://openalex.org/W1989132867","https://openalex.org/W1992960431","https://openalex.org/W1994174896","https://openalex.org/W1994186073","https://openalex.org/W2000214310","https://openalex.org/W2002010034","https://openalex.org/W2004296553","https://openalex.org/W2005384723","https://openalex.org/W2008007470","https://openalex.org/W2008253273","https://openalex.org/W2008575077","https://openalex.org/W2011530863","https://openalex.org/W2012231955","https://openalex.org/W2013078594","https://openalex.org/W2015809783","https://openalex.org/W2016051708","https://openalex.org/W2016414460","https://openalex.org/W2017483902","https://openalex.org/W2023526870","https://openalex.org/W2024481072","https://openalex.org/W2026976549","https://openalex.org/W2027963659","https://openalex.org/W2029437281","https://openalex.org/W2030251786","https://openalex.org/W2035032455","https://openalex.org/W2035283232","https://openalex.org/W2035873138","https://openalex.org/W2042501421","https://openalex.org/W2048244256","https://openalex.org/W2048479239","https://openalex.org/W2048701323","https://openalex.org/W2048830551","https://openalex.org/W2049322310","https://openalex.org/W2049712317","https://openalex.org/W2051684769","https://openalex.org/W2052194983","https://openalex.org/W2060565253","https://openalex.org/W2062243858","https://openalex.org/W2062758472","https://openalex.org/W2063631371","https://openalex.org/W2064929379","https://openalex.org/W2071438747","https://openalex.org/W2073989124","https://openalex.org/W2075662644","https://openalex.org/W2076484340","https://openalex.org/W2087931428","https://openalex.org/W2088572663","https://openalex.org/W2092291476","https://openalex.org/W2092651891","https://openalex.org/W2092919341","https://openalex.org/W2094344298","https://openalex.org/W2095210161","https://openalex.org/W2095385904","https://openalex.org/W2095591407","https://openalex.org/W2099274058","https://openalex.org/W2103905489","https://openalex.org/W2104514715","https://openalex.org/W2105411649","https://openalex.org/W2111628916","https://openalex.org/W2112626384","https://openalex.org/W2113066673","https://openalex.org/W2113734790","https://openalex.org/W2119973814","https://openalex.org/W2124122006","https://openalex.org/W2125003656","https://openalex.org/W2126170285","https://openalex.org/W2126505864","https://openalex.org/W2131939009","https://openalex.org/W2142133602","https://openalex.org/W2144232743","https://openalex.org/W2145471161","https://openalex.org/W2146567429","https://openalex.org/W2146908716","https://openalex.org/W2149134385","https://openalex.org/W2149521135","https://openalex.org/W2157014996","https://openalex.org/W2157623964","https://openalex.org/W2159559433","https://openalex.org/W2166667242","https://openalex.org/W2172079505","https://openalex.org/W2175108369","https://openalex.org/W2192372037","https://openalex.org/W2319350549","https://openalex.org/W2326599666","https://openalex.org/W2798417827","https://openalex.org/W2966549750"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2112626384","https://openalex.org/W2770737137","https://openalex.org/W2181235469","https://openalex.org/W7100440711","https://openalex.org/W7062009443","https://openalex.org/W1986622751","https://openalex.org/W3111793404","https://openalex.org/W2099274058","https://openalex.org/W2593881935","https://openalex.org/W1489171782"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"During":[0],"the":[1,13,54,62,68,112,130,173,204,238,253,256],"last":[2],"twenty-five":[3],"years":[4],"of":[5,35,57,74,84,114,125,132,137,172,241,255,259],"research":[6],"and":[7,60,76,122,212,248],"real-world":[8,80,224],"studies":[9,86],"accomplished":[10],"all":[11],"\\nover":[12],"globe,":[14],"space":[15,75,243,260],"syntax":[16,244],"has":[17,41,163],"consistently":[18],"shown":[19,44],"that":[20,45,61,219],"movement":[21,77],"patterns":[22,65,78],"in":[23,48,79,223,237,252],"cities":[24],"\\nand":[25],"buildings":[26],"tend":[27],"to":[28,32,91,164,180,200,215,232,250],"be":[29,221,233],"strongly":[30],"related":[31],"configurational":[33],"properties":[34,56,73],"their":[36],"\\nrespective":[37],"spatial":[38,115,126,143,153],"layouts.":[39],"It":[40],"also":[42],"been":[43],"individuals\u2019":[46],"trajectories":[47],"virtual":[49],"\\nworlds":[50],"are":[51,170,213],"affected":[52],"by":[53,206],"syntactic":[55],"these":[58,85,94],"environments,":[59],"\\nresulting":[63],"emergent":[64],"may":[66,220],"explain":[67],"detected":[69],"correlations":[70],"between":[71],"\\nconfigurational":[72,210],"scenarios.":[81,225],"\\nHowever,":[82],"none":[83],"have":[87,107],"so":[88],"far":[89],"attempted":[90],"elicit":[92],"why":[93],"regularities":[95],"\\noccur":[96],"at":[97],"a":[98,118,152,167,227,234],"more":[99],"fundamental,":[100],"cognitive":[101,246,257],"level.":[102],"In":[103],"other":[104],"words,":[105],"they":[106],"not":[108],"yet":[109],"\\nanswered":[110],"how":[111,191],"idea":[113],"configuration":[116],"shapes":[117],"person\u2019s":[119],"qualitative":[120,217],"\\nassessments":[121],"subsequent":[123],"usage":[124],"networks.":[127],"This":[128],"is":[129,146,157],"topic":[131],"this":[133,147,158,176,196,229],"thesis.":[134],"\\nWhat":[135],"kind":[136],"information":[138,211],"do":[139],"people":[140,192,208],"extract":[141],"from":[142],"configurations?":[144],"How":[145,156],"\\ninformation":[148,159],"used":[149,160],"when":[150,161],"assessing":[151],"network":[154],"qualitatively?":[155],"one":[162],"use":[165],"such":[166],"network?":[168],"These":[169],"some":[171],"questions":[174],"\\nthat":[175],"thesis":[177,183,230],"will":[178,184,198],"attempt":[179,199],"answer.":[181],"\\nThis":[182],"focus":[185],"on":[186,203],"map":[187],"usage.":[188],"By":[189],"analysing":[190],"interact":[193],"with":[194,245],"maps,":[195],"\\nthesis":[197],"shed":[201],"light":[202],"processes":[205],"which":[207],"internalise":[209],"able":[214],"define":[216],"judgements":[218],"\\nuse":[222],"As":[226],"result,":[228],"aims":[231],"further":[235],"step":[236],"\\nongoing":[239],"process":[240],"linking":[242],"theory":[247],"therefore":[249],"\\ncontribute":[251],"search":[254],"roots":[258],"syntax.":[261]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}