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Mercator effect: a standalone construct

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Spatial cognition

the proposed tendency for people's estimates of world region sizes to mirror Mercator projection distortions, tested in studies of global cognitive maps.

In spatial cognition, Mercator effect refers to the proposed tendency for people's estimates of world region sizes to mirror Mercator projection distortions, tested in studies of global cognitive maps. This meaning comes from Battersby (2009) in Annals of the Association of American Geographers.[1]

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References

Battersby, S. E., & Montello, D. R. (2009). Area Estimation of World Regions and the Projection of the Global-Scale Cognitive Map. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 99(2), 273-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045600802683734

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