Drawing maps and remembering landmarks after driving in a virtual small town environment
Sandamas, George and Foreman, Nigel (2007) Drawing maps and remembering landmarks after driving in a virtual small town environment. Journal of Maps, 2007 . pp. 35-45. ISSN 1744-5647 [Article] (doi:10.4113/jom.2007.73)
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Abstract
Participants were designated active drivers or passive passengers according to whether or not they had control over the displacements of a virtual vehicle, while taking 5, 10 or 15 tours of a virtual small town environment. When tested later, passive passengers were able to remember more landmarks than the active drivers. However, with successive tours, participants in both groups were able to draw better survey maps of the environment, though this effect was greater in passive passengers. Landmark memory and map drawing ability were positively correlated. The results support models of spatial cognition that emphasise survey representations as the end product of spatial learning in new environments, but also emphasise that the acquisition of landmark information is continuous throughout this process.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Special Issue: 2 |
Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology > Language, Learning and Cognition group |
ISI Impact: | 2 |
Item ID: | 2999 |
Notes on copyright: | Published versions allowed by publisher. Thank you. |
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Depositing User: | Devika Mohan |
Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2009 05:16 |
Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2022 02:04 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/2999 |
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