Influence of Spatial Exploration Patterns on Cognitive Mapping by Blindfolded Sighted Persons

Tellevik, Jon Magne

doi:10.1177/0145482x9208600508

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“…The "point of reference" strategy uses a star-shaped pattern highlighting a particular interest for the location of one element. It also aims to identify the relative location of specific elements but in relation to one central or strategic element [10]. Similar strategies have also been identified by Guerreiro et al in a more recent study on tabletop exploration by people with visual impairment [11].…”

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Comparing Interaction Techniques to Help Blind People Explore Maps on Small Tactile Devices

Simonnet

Brock

Serpa

et al. 2019

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Exploring geographic maps on touchscreens is a difficult task in the absence of vision as those devices miss tactile cues. Prior research has therefore introduced non-visual interaction techniques designed to allow visually impaired people to explore spatial configurations on tactile devices. In this paper, we present a study in which six blind and six blindfolded sighted participants evaluated three of those interaction techniques compared to a screen reader condition. We observed that techniques providing guidance result in a higher user satisfaction and more efficient exploration. Adding a grid-like structure improved the estimation of distances. None of the interaction techniques improved the reconstruction of the spatial configurations. The results of this study allow improving the design of non-visual interaction techniques that support a better exploration and memorization of maps in the absence of vision.

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“…The point of reference strategy [10] is a star-like pattern assuming that the participant considered a specific element as a reference in the layout. He is then doing A-B-A-C(-A-D) movements to relate the different elements in the layout.…”

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Comparing Interaction Techniques to Help Blind People Explore Maps on Small Tactile Devices

Simonnet

Brock

Serpa

et al. 2019

MTI

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“…Several types of wayfinding strategies in multilevel buildings have been identified (Allen, 1999;Golledge, 1999). For example, some wayfinders might first head toward the approximate area of a destination and then engage in a more detailed local search (Wiener, Schnee, & Mallot, 2004), whereas others might use salient points in an environment for reference (Hölscher et al, 2006;Tellevik, 1992). It is also likely that wayfinders follow intrinsic heuristics, such as using long sightlines (Frankenstein, 2015;Hochmair & Karlsson, 2005).…”

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Exploring Individual Differences and Building Complexity in Wayfinding: The Case of the Seattle Central Library

Kuliga

Nelligan

Dalton

et al. 2019

Environment and Behavior

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This article focuses on the interactions between individual differences and building characteristics that may occur during multi-level wayfinding. Using the Seattle Central Library as our test case, we defined a series of within-floor and between-floor wayfinding tasks based on different building analyses of this uniquely designed structure. Tracking our 59 participants while they completed assigned tasks on-site, we examined their wayfinding performance across tasks and in relation to a variety of individual differences measures and wayfinding strategies. Both individual differences and spatial configuration, as well as the organization of the physical space, were related to the wayfinding challenges inherent to this library. We also found wayfinding differences based on other, non-spatial features, such as semantic expectations about destinations. Together, these results indicate that researchers and building planners must consider the interactions among building, human, and task characteristics in a more nuanced fashion.

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“…There are many ways that one can learn the layout of an environment (Tellevik, 1992). When the environment is novel, altered or has not previously been experienced, possible learning strategies include active search and exploration, and a priori familiarization through the use of secondary information sources such as maps, photographs and videos etc.…”

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Hippocampal contributions to neurocognitive mapping in humans: A new model

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The ability of an organism to develop, maintain, and act upon an abstracted internal representation of spatially extensive environments can provide an increased chance in ensuring that organism's survival. Here, we propose a neurocognitive model of spatial representation describing how several different processes interact and segregate the differing types of information used to produce a unified cognitive map. This model proposes that view-based egocentric and vestibulomotor translational information are functionally and anatomically separate, and that these parallel systems result in independent, but interacting, models within a neurocognitive map of space. In this context, we selectively review relevant portions of the large literature, addressing the establishment and operation of such spatial constructs in humans and the brain systems that underpin them, with particular reference to the hippocampal formation (HF). We present a reinterpretation of the types of knowledge used in the formation of this spatial construct, the processes that act upon this information, the nature of the final spatial representation, and describe how these universal concepts relate to the proposed model of spatial processing. The relevant experimental paradigms used to examine the neural basis of spatial representation and the main findings from previous research are also briefly presented. Finally, we detail a series of testable theoretical, behavioral, and anatomical predictions made by the model.

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Influence of Spatial Exploration Patterns on Cognitive Mapping by Blindfolded Sighted Persons

Cited by 30 publications

References 16 publications

Comparing Interaction Techniques to Help Blind People Explore Maps on Small Tactile Devices

Comparing Interaction Techniques to Help Blind People Explore Maps on Small Tactile Devices

Exploring Individual Differences and Building Complexity in Wayfinding: The Case of the Seattle Central Library

Hippocampal contributions to neurocognitive mapping in humans: A new model

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