H Zhang, K Zherdeva, AD Ekstrom - Memory & cognition, 2014 - Springer
An important, but as yet incompletely resolved, issue is whether spatial knowledge acquired during navigation differs significantly from that acquired by studying a cartographic map …
The metaphor of a" cognitive map" has attracted wide interest since it was first proposed in the late 1940s. Researchers from fields as diverse as psychology, geography, and urban …
In everyday life, navigators often consult a map before they navigate to a destination (eg, a hotel, a room, etc.). However, not much is known about how humans gain spatial knowledge …
MC Stites, LE Matzen, ZN Gastelum - Cognitive Research: Principles and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards inspectors are faced with the difficult task of learning the layout of complex nuclear facilities while being …
Research on the existence of cognitive maps and on the cognitive processes that support effective navigation has often focused on functioning across individuals. However, there are …
D Waller, Y Lippa - Memory & Cognition, 2007 - Springer
Relatively little is known about how people use the landmarks in their environment to learn routes. Landmarks are commonly regarded as associative cues—stimuli that enable recall of …
AM Hund, JL Minarik - Spatial cognition and computation, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
We investigated the efficiency with which men and women find their way to novel destinations using directions containing landmarks or cardinal descriptors and how such …
K Woollett, EA Maguire - Journal of environmental psychology, 2010 - Elsevier
Becoming proficient at navigation in urban environments is something that we all aspire to. Here we asked whether being an expert at wayfinding in one environment has any effect on …