How does navigation system behavior influence human behavior?

Brügger, Annina; Richter, Kai-Florian; Fabrikant, Sara Irina

doi:10.1186/s41235-019-0156-5

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“…It could be that more GPS use decreases spatial transformation abilities or that decreases in spatial transformation abilities lead to increased GPS use. GPS use may also decrease environmental learning indirectly through alternative paths not measured in the current study, such as navigational style (Richter, Dara-Abrams, & Raubal, 2010) or human gaze behavior (Brügger, Richter, & Fabrikant, 2019). However, the current results are an informative first step in broadly establishing a negative association between everyday GPS use and environmental learning while also identifying spatial transformation abilities as a potential mediating factor in this relationship.…”

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confidence: 54%

GPS use negatively affects environmental learning through spatial transformation abilities

Ruginski

Creem-Regehr

Stefanucci

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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Research has established that GPS use negatively affects environmental learning and navigation in laboratory studies. Furthermore, the ability to mentally rotate objects and imagine locations from other perspectives (both known as spatial transformations) is positively related to environmental learning. Using previously validated spatial transformation and environmental learning tasks, the current study assessed a theoretical model where long-term GPS use is associated with worse mental rotation and perspective-taking spatial transformation abilities, which then predicts decreased ability to learn novel environments. We expected this prediction to hold even after controlling for self-reported navigation ability, which is also associated with better spatial transformation and environmental learning capabilities. We found that mental rotation and perspective-taking ability fully account for the effect of GPS use on learning of a virtual environment. This relationship remained after controlling for existing navigation ability. Specifically, GPS use is negatively associated with perspective-taking indirectly through mental rotation; we propose that GPS use affects the transformation ability common to mental rotation and perspective-taking.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 54%

GPS use negatively affects environmental learning through spatial transformation abilities

Ruginski

Creem-Regehr

Stefanucci

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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“…In the wayfinding process, different methods for information acquisition afford different types of spatial knowledge (Afrooz, White, and Parolin 2018;Brügger, Richter, and Fabrikant 2019). In particular, the active acquisition of environmental information by wayfinders was determined to yield information of greater depth and quantity (Afrooz, White, and Parolin 2018).…”

Section: Wayfindingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In particular, the active acquisition of environmental information by wayfinders was determined to yield information of greater depth and quantity (Afrooz, White, and Parolin 2018). Brügger, Richter, and Fabrikant (2019) noted that for participants who used electronic navigators, greater automation in the electronic navigator resulted in a lesser acquisition of spatial information. Additionally, the study revealed that when returning to the starting point through the path taken, greater automation in the electronic navigator resulted in a greater frequency of stopping and hesitating in participants.…”

Section: Wayfindingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Differences in wayfinding performance across types of navigation aids and understanding of environmental information among travelers

Chen

Sato

Zheng

2020

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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This study investigated the wayfinding strategy and efficiency. Experiments involving 44 participants (22 Japanese and 22 Taiwanese nationals) were conducted in Tamsui, Taiwan and Yokohama, Japan. Experimental tools included electronic and paper maps. Participants were in an unfamiliar environment, understood environmental information differently, and used different navigation tools. The researchers recorded the participants' walking time, path, and the number of turns from the starting point to the destination. SPSS statistical software was used to conduct one-way and two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings revealed the following. First, when navigating linear roads and being uncertain about the accessibility of map-presented roads, relative to local participants, foreign participants were more likely to choose roads that were at the exit of the MRT station and take more identifiable roads. Second, all participants used landmarks when navigating intersecting parallel roads, but participants who used paper maps were more likely to use obvious buildings as landmarks. Third, in the wayfinding process, participants who used both electronic and paper maps made more turns when wayfinding in a familiar environment than in an unfamiliar environment. Participants familiar with the navigation tool exhibited a lower walking time.

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“…For example, the effects of variables, such as gender and age, have been omitted even if these factors are known to influence navigational use and skills [20]. Furthermore, little work has been done on how navigation aids influence walkability [10] and very little is known about the role that pedestrian navigation systems have on navigation performance and spatial cognition [21].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Use and Perceptions of Pedestrian Navigation Apps: Findings from Bologna and Porto

Fonseca

Conticelli

Papageorgiou

et al. 2021

IJGI

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Pedestrian Navigation Applications (PNAs) provide assistance in terms of self-localization, space recognition, and turn-by-turn navigation. The use, motivations and perceptions associated with these applications have been under investigated due to users being insufficiently involved in their design and development. This paper analyses the extent to which PNAs are used for assisting people to walk, the frequencies and reasons of using these applications, the perceptions about them, and the barriers preventing them from being used. The study is supported by a questionnaire (N = 1438) that was administered in Bologna (Italy) and Porto (Portugal). Results indicated that 42% of the respondents use PNAs mainly on an occasional basis to find locations and the shortest routes. Google Maps was the preferred navigation service. Statistical tests showed that PNAs were more likely to be used by younger adults and students. The lack of need was the main reason for not using these apps, due to the good spatial knowledge of the cities or the non-use of the pedestrian mode for regular trips. Respondents would like to have apps that are more accurate, usable, and adjusted to pedestrian navigation. The findings described in this paper could be helpful for future designs of PNAs, especially to match pedestrian needs more effectively and to enhance the role of these apps in promoting healthier and sustainable lifestyles.

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How does navigation system behavior influence human behavior?

Cited by 67 publications

References 60 publications

GPS use negatively affects environmental learning through spatial transformation abilities

GPS use negatively affects environmental learning through spatial transformation abilities

Differences in wayfinding performance across types of navigation aids and understanding of environmental information among travelers

Use and Perceptions of Pedestrian Navigation Apps: Findings from Bologna and Porto

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