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Environmental Modeling: Using Space Syntax in Spatial Cognition Research

Year: 2010

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: The present work aims to investigate the role of 3 factors related to the environmental configuration in emergency wayfinding strategies.In particular, it moves from the results of a previous real-world study in which visibility, in particular, seemed to be the most influent factor in influencing wayfinding strategies.Angular incidence, in turn, played a -minor-role, whereas metrical distance was the less used criterion.These outputs appeared to deserve to be more deeply studied, so that two VR experiment were designed to better control environmental variables and to compare the results obtained in different situations.Results confirm the role of Visibility and Angular Incidence in influencing participant's wayfinding strategies.

Source: Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)

Authors: Drew Dara-Abrams, Christoph Höelscher, Ruth Dalton

Language: English

Topic: Spatial Cognition and Navigation

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

Funders: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Award: G719518300

OpenAlex ID: W1833284237