I am a graduate student in the department of geography at UCSB. My dissertation research concerns the recall of spatial location in different size spaces by children and adults. I am specifically interested in the role that spatial scale plays in spatial knowledge acquisition. I have done previous work with children’s recall of spatial location under intentional and incidental learning conditions. In addition to work with children I am also interested in how time and space are estimated in different travel situations. In particular I have been looking at the effect of trip chaining on temporal misestimation. Any trip that involved multiple stops between the trip’s origin and final destination is considered a trip chain. Other areas of research interest include cognitive cartography, GIS and geographic education.
 

References

Bell, S. (in review). Children’s recall of spatial location in different size spaces, Research in Geographic Education.

Bell, S.  and Garling, T. (1999). Time estimation of trip chains, Applied Geographic Studies, 3, 2, 97-108.

Golledge, R. G. Dougherty, V.  and Bell, S. (1995). Acquiring spatial knowledge: survey versus route-based knowledge in unfamiliar environments, Annals Of The Association Of American Geographers: (1) 134-158.