Navigation is an inherently dynamic and multimodal process, making isolation of the unique
cognitive components underlying it challenging. The assumptions of much of the literature …

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 …

During everyday navigation, humans encounter complex environments predominantly from
a first-person perspective. Behavioral evidence suggests that these perceptual experiences …

Cultural narratives on disability have received much attention over the past few decades. In
contexts of poverty, limited information and everyday challenges associated with having, or …

Research has demonstrated navigational aids impair spatial memory, but has not
considered important spatial cognitive concepts. For example, impairment may stem from …

We investigated the effects of different modes of information provision on spatial knowledge
acquisition in a large-scale environmental setting by comparing two groups of participants; …

The purpose of the present study is twofold: the first objective is to evaluate the importance
of visual experience for the ability to form a spatial representation (spatial mental model) of …

A goal in the study of spatial development is to answer, with regard to this domain, some of
the classic questions in the history of psychology, biology, and philosophy: the extent to …

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 …

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 …