“…In particular, adults are skillful in adapting the descriptive features they provide to match the needs of their listeners attempting to find their way through an environment. These findings confirm that direction giving and following are dynamic processes that depend on interactions between those providing directions, the recipients of such directions, and their experiences giving and following directions to navigate through environments (Hirtle & Heidorn, 1993;Montello, Hegarty, Richardson, & Waller, 2004;Newcombe & Huttenlocher, 2000;Plumert, Carswell, DeVet, & Ihrig, 1995, Plumert, Spalding, & Nichols-Whitehead, 2001Schober, 1993Schober, , 1995Shelton & McNamara, 2004;Taylor, Naylor, & Chechile, 1999). One limitation of the present project was its reliance on a tabletop model town.…”