ABSTRACT
The search for explanations of the spatial behavior of individuals and groups inevitably leads to a discussion of the processes which influence behavior. Recent emphasis in geography on interaction, diffusion, and decision-making models, and a surge of interest in some spatial aspects of psychophysical theories of perception confirm this trend. Another process which involves some useful spatial concepts, but which so far has merited scant attention in geography, is the learning process. It is the aim of this paper to examine the role of this process in spatial behavior, to indicate some useful spatial concepts from learning theory, to review a selection of learning models that could conceivably be used in a spatial framework and to suggest some problems which are suitable for analysis by the models presented in the paper.
