O Hardt, A Hupbach, L Nadel - Learning & Behavior, 2009 - Springer
Cognitive map theory assumes that novel environmental information is automatically incorporated into existing cognitive maps as a function of exploration. Reports of blocking in …
Despite much recent interest, it is unclear which types of landmarks are best suited for survey knowledge acquisition. Thus, we investigated the accuracy of survey knowledge after …
S Münzer, HD Zimmer, J Baus - Journal of experimental …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
Current GPS-based mobile navigation assistance systems support wayfinding, but they do not support learning about the spatial configuration of an environment. The present study …
L Nadel, KGF Thomas, HE Laurance, R Skelton… - Spatial cognition: An …, 1998 - Springer
We describe the development of a computer-generated arena within which one can study human place learning by asking subjects to locate an invisible target. A series of studies …
Y Boumenir, F Georges, GUY Rebillard… - … and motor skills, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Strategies for finding one's way through an unfamiliar environment may be helped by 2D maps, 3D virtual environments, or other navigation aids. The relative effectiveness of aids …
Previous research shows that travel type influences cognitive mapping processes. However, little is known about the effect of active versus passive exploration of the built environment …
JM Wiener, A Schnee, HA Mallot - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2004 - Elsevier
In this work, three experiments are reported that studied the use and interaction of navigation strategies both during the learning of a virtual environment and during …
In his seminal 1948 paper, Tolman introduced the notion of cognitive maps in the following way:" In the course of learning something like a field map of the environment gets …
Experts seem to find routes in complex environments by finding a connection from the source to a “skeleton” of major paths, then moving within the skeleton to the neighborhood of …