When students do not create cognitive maps that they can rely on, the information retrieval process takes significantly longer, reducing mental resources for other tasks. (wedoessay.com)
Cognitive maps inform how people, on average, make sense of the world they live in. (spsp.org)
The findings provide fundamental new knowledge about how memory works, Zeithamova said, and eventually could lead to new strategies in educational settings that help students to consolidate new information with previously learned material to build stronger cognitive maps of various topics. (sciencedaily.com)