What determines our navigational abilities?

T Wolbers, M Hegarty - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2010 - cell.com
The ability to find one's way in our complex environments represents one of the most
fundamental cognitive functions. Although involving basic perceptual and memory related …

A heuristic framework of spatial ability: A review and synthesis of spatial factor literature to support its translation into STEM education

J Buckley, N Seery, D Canty - Educational Psychology Review, 2018 - Springer
An abundance of empirical evidence exists identifying a significant correlation between
spatial ability and educational performance particularly in science, technology, engineering …

[图书][B] Fundamentals of cognition

MW Eysenck, M Brysbaert - 2018 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

[图书][B] Human memory

GA Radvansky - 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Human Memory, 4th edition, provides a comprehensive overview of research and theory on
human memory. Written in an engaging style, the book is divided into three sections …

GPS use negatively affects environmental learning through spatial transformation abilities

IT Ruginski, SH Creem-Regehr, JK Stefanucci… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Research has established that GPS use negatively affects environmental learning and
navigation in laboratory studies. Furthermore, the ability to mentally rotate objects and …

Gender differences in large-scale and small-scale spatial ability: A systematic review based on behavioral and neuroimaging research

L Yuan, F Kong, Y Luo, S Zeng, J Lan… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: As we human beings are living in a multidimensional space all the time.
Therefore, spatial ability is vital for the survival and development of individuals. However …

Cue combination in human spatial navigation

X Chen, TP McNamara, JW Kelly, T Wolbers - Cognitive Psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
This project investigated the ways in which visual cues and bodily cues from self-motion are
combined in spatial navigation. Participants completed a homing task in an immersive virtual …

Gender differences in spatial navigation: Characterizing wayfinding behaviors

AK Munion, JK Stefanucci, E Rovira, P Squire… - Psychonomic bulletin & …, 2019 - Springer
Men show a consistent spatial navigation advantage over women, which is often attributed
to their increased use of survey spatial strategies. But what about men's navigation gives …

Cognitive mappers to creatures of habit: differential engagement of place and response learning mechanisms predicts human navigational behavior

SA Marchette, A Bakker, AL Shelton - Journal of neuroscience, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
Learning to navigate plays an integral role in the survival of humans and other animals.
Research on human navigation has largely focused on how we deliberately map out our …

A tale of two types of perspective taking: Sex differences in spatial ability

MR Tarampi, N Heydari, M Hegarty - Psychological science, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Sex differences in favor of males have been documented in measures of spatial perspective
taking. In this research, we examined whether social factors (ie, stereotype threat and the …