What Is One Piece of Evidence That Mental Maps in Memory

question 28

Multiple Choice

What is one piece of evidence that mental maps in memory might be hierarchically organized based on spatial region?

• A) People can use regions as chunks to organize information.
• B) Memory for space is more accurately remembered if it is divided into regions.
• C) People tend to distort spatial information from memory towards categorical values.
• D) Space is filled with regions, and people remember them.

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