The structure of the physical environment can have a significant influence on individuals'
ability to orient within it. We asked participants to perform a cued wayfinding task in two …

This study examines the working memory systems involved in human wayfinding. In the
learning phase, 24 participants learned two routes in a novel photorealistic virtual …

What characteristics constitute a “helpful” landmark for wayfinding and how are they
represented in the human brain? Experiment 1 compared recognition and wayfinding …

From driving the car to work to doing the shopping, our daily lives consist of a myriad of
spatial behaviours-movements across and within spatial environments. Each day we make …

Previous research on landmark selection and route learning derived many of its conclusions
from the analysis of memory tasks and verbal route descriptions. We examined the extent to …

Three experiments with 41 undergraduates investigated how information about geographic
environments is processed. In Exp I, response time to decide which of 2 pairs of states or …

Using novel virtual cities, we investigated the influence of verbal and visual strategies on the
encoding of navigation-relevant information in a large-scale virtual environment. In 2 …

The ability to learn the layout of a new space, or maintain a sense of direction and location
while moving around in the environment, are fundamental cognitive functions. Spatial …

Environments that are divided into regions lead to hierarchical encoding of space. Such
memory structures are known to systematically distort estimates of distance and direction …

Studies of spatial navigation in real‐world settings have been limited to neighborhoods,
campuses, and buildings. These locations have structural components, such as roads or …