The Effects of Spatial Differentiation on Wayfinding Performance in Underground Environments
Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Weiqi SunThe goals of this study were to investigate the effect of spatial differentiation on wayfinding behaviours and spatial knowledge acquisition.The spatial differentiation included landmarks (vertical differentiation), path surfacing (horizontal differentiation) and corridor width (vertical and horizontal differentiation).Personal characteristics were also analyzed in this research, which include sex, three-dimensional game-playing frequency, self-estimated wayfinding ability and time to perform the task.This study used twelve virtual environments (4 x 3), with four kinds of spatial differentiation (no differentiation, landmarks, path width variation, and path surfacing variation) and each group sets has three models with different but equivalent plan layouts,
Author: Weiqi Sun
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W164192444