這本多學(xué)科的雜志基于這樣一種假設(shè)，即與空間認(rèn)知和計(jì)算相關(guān)的關(guān)鍵問(wèn)題位于多個(gè)學(xué)科的交叉點(diǎn)——包括認(rèn)知心理學(xué)、認(rèn)知科學(xué)、數(shù)學(xué)和計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)、地理和制圖學(xué)、動(dòng)物行為、神經(jīng)心理學(xué)、人工智能、哲學(xué)、規(guī)劃和建筑。近年來(lái)，這些社區(qū)分享見(jiàn)解和成果的愿望有所增長(zhǎng)。本期刊的目的是集中介紹空間認(rèn)知和計(jì)算的基礎(chǔ)研究，并明確促進(jìn)跨學(xué)科的對(duì)話。

This multidisciplinary journal is based on the assumption that the critical issues pertaining to spatial cognition and computation lie at the intersection of a number of disciplines--including cognitive psychology, cognitive science, mathematics and computer science, geography and cartography, animal behavior, neuropsychology, artificial intelligence, philosophy, and planning and architecture. Recent years have seen a growth in the desire of these communities to share insights and results. The aim of this journal is to concentrate the presentation of basic research into spatial cognition and computation, and to explicitly foster an interdisciplinary dialogue.