perceptueleruimten
Perceptueleruimten is a theoretical construct in cognitive science and philosophy of perception describing the structured, internal representations that organize sensory input into spatially meaningful experiences. It refers to how observers encode spatial relations, directions, distances, and affordances in a unified perceptual field. The plural form refers to multiple such spaces that may operate at different scales and modalities.
The term is particularly used in Dutch-language discussions and in cross-linguistic analyses of spatial cognition; in
Methodologically, studies associated with perceptueleruimten draw on psychophysics, neuroimaging, and modeling to characterize how space is
Despite its intuitive appeal, the term has limited widespread adoption and remains variably defined. Critics argue