The effects of sense of direction and training experience on wayfinding efficiency
The effects of sense of direction and training experience on wayfinding efficiency
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.05.009
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Nazarczuk, Sadie N.
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作者：
Hund, Alycia M.;Nazarczuk, Sadie N.
本研究探讨方向感与训练经验对寻路绩效的影响。参与者使用包含左右或基本描述符的路线描述浏览建筑物的比例模型，或者他们完成所有不相关的个性问卷。然后，所有参与者使用包含左右和基本描述符的方向导航通过同一建筑物的走廊。通过要求参与者识别熟悉的方向来评估方向感，看不见的位置。方向感敏锐的参与者比方向感差的参与者表现出更少的错误和更快的寻路速度，特别是对于包含基本描述符的方向。此外，在这两种训练条件下的参与者表现出更快的寻路比控制条件下的参与者时，涉及基数描述符的方向。这些发现表明，方向感和培训经验影响寻路绩效。在日常环境中的寻路经验的影响进行了讨论。(C)2008爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
This study investigated the influence of sense of direction and training experience on wayfinding performance. Participants navigated through a scale model of a building using route descriptions containing left-right or cardinal descriptors, or they completed all unrelated personality questionnaire. All participants then navigated through the hallways of the same building using directions containing left-right and cardinal descriptors. Sense of direction was assessed by asking participants to identify the direction of familiar, unseen locations. participants with a keen sense of direction evinced fewer errors and faster wayfinding than did participants with a poor sense of direction, particularly for directions containing cardinal descriptors. Moreover, Participants in both training conditions evinced faster wayfinding than did participants in the control condition when following directions involving cardinal descriptors. These findings indicate that both sense of direction and training experience affect wayfinding performance. Implications for wayfinding experiences in everyday contexts are discussed. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.