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This paper aims at to demonstrate that visual-object processing can support abstract visual-object representation in the same way as visual-spatial processing supports abstract visual-spatial representations, and that the visual representations contained in abstract art indeed constitute a unique and meaningful symbolic system, irreducible to that used in the visual-spatial domain. Specifically we compared how visual artists and scientists interpret abstract visual-spatial representations, such as kinematics graphs, and visual-object representations, such as modern abstract art.
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Kozhevnikov, M. (2015). Visual-Object Versus Visual-Spatial Representations: Insights from Studying Visualization in Artists and Scientists. In: Gero, J. (eds) Studying Visual and Spatial Reasoning for Design Creativity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9297-4_11
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