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Roger M. Downs

Pennsylvania State University

69

Works

6,571

Citations

22

h-index

30

i10-index

Research Topics

Geography Education and Pedagogy Spatial Cognition and Navigation Geographic Information Systems Studies

Affiliations

Pennsylvania State University1978–2024

Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences1970–2021

Top Works

Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience

Roger M. Downs,Yi‐Fu Tuan

19783,361 citations

Cognitive Science and Mapping

Categorization, perception, and language

Image and Environment: Cognitive Mapping and Spatial Behavior

Yi‐Fu Tuan,Roger M. Downs,et al.

1975745 citations

Maps in Minds: Reflections on Cognitive Mapping

Mark Monmonier,Roger M. Downs,et al.

1978359 citations

Maps in Minds: Reflections on Cognitive Mapping

Roger M. Downs,David Stea

1977335 citations

Cognitive Maps and Spatial Behaviour: Process and Products

Roger M. Downs,David Stea

2011329 citations

Understanding Maps as Symbols: The Development of Map Concepts in Children

Lynn S. Liben,Roger M. Downs

1989186 citations

The Cognitive Structure of an Urban Shopping Center

1970144 citations

Understanding person-space-map relations: Cartographic and developmental perspectives.

Lynn S. Liben,Roger M. Downs

1993137 citations

On Education and Geographers: The Role of Cognitive Developmental Theory in Geographic Education

Roger M. Downs,Lynn S. Liben,et al.

1988111 citations