Spatial Learning and Reasoning Skill

Goldin, Sarah E.; Thorndyke, Perry W.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-9325-6_9

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“…To overcome such issues a host of 'non-technical' navigational and locative aids have been incorporated into hospital environments, based upon a well-documented understanding of spatial cognition [5], wayfinding [6] and signage design [7]. These solutions vary widely and include directive signage; wall mounted 'You are here maps'; colour coded flooring; alphabetical/numerical naming systems; turn by turn directions on hospital letters and more recently, web and app-based interactive maps and 'journey planners'.…”

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Navigating in large hospitals

Hughes

Pinchin

Brown

et al. 2015

2015 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN)

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Abstract-Navigating around large hospitals can be a stressful and time-consuming experience for all users of the hospital infrastructure. Navigation difficulties encountered by patients and visitors can result in missed appointments or simply create a poor impression of the hospital organisation. When staff encounter navigation difficulties this can lead to cost and efficiency issues and potentially put patient safety at risk. Despite the provision of an array of in-hospital navigational aids, 'getting lost' continues to be an everyday problem in these large complex environments.This study aims to to identify factors which affect navigation in hospitals. We do not seek to evaluate the effectiveness of a single navigation aid, instead the objective of this study was to understand the environment in which a new system must operate and the gaps in provision left by existing navigation aids. This study is intended to be used to inform the development of new in-hospital navigational aids, be they technological or otherwise.

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confidence: 99%

Navigating in large hospitals

Hughes

Pinchin

Brown

et al. 2015

2015 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN)

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“…The navigation aids contained different types of spatial knowledge. Based on the theoretical framework of spatial orientation [14,14], two types of spatial knowledge very varied within the navigation aids. One type represented an aid mainly containing landmark knowledge, which tells users salient features on the navigation route.…”

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“…The knowledge of how a menu is spatially structured guides users in their search through different levels in different menu depths. Theoretical concepts of spatial orientation [14,15] assume that orientation includes three major spatial knowledge types: route knowledge (the knowledge of the sequence of actions required to get from one point to another), landmark knowledge (representing salient features on the route), and survey knowledge (reflecting the overall structure and providing an overview of locations and routes in space). The concept had been successfully transferred to the navigation through different forms of hypertext [16,17,18], also for PDAs [1,19,20], and for mobile phones [2,6,8].…”

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Spatial Cues in Small Screen Devices: Benefit Or Handicap?

Ziefle

2009

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2009

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Abstract. Disorientation in small-screen-device menus is a frequent problem for many users. This study examines if navigation aids containing spatial information may reduce disorientation. Two aids were implemented into a simulated mobile phone: One aid contained spatial cues, providing an overview of menu locations and routes, the other delivered landmark knowledge, representing salient features on the route. Also, a condition without any aid was examined. 24 children and 24 adults solved four phone tasks twice. Dependent variables were navigation effectiveness and efficiency. Performance was lowest when users were not supported by any aid. The aid providing survey knowledge yielded the best performance. Though, the relative benefit by aids revealed to be age-related. While the aid providing survey knowledge was advantageous for all users, the aid delivering landmark knowledge was especially harmful for the children, which showed considerably more detouring in the menu. It is concluded that navigation aids reduce disorientation in small devices, especially those which support users to build up a spatial representation of the menu.

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“…Familiarity with a given location is known to affect spatial navigation [Thorndyke and Goldin, 1983] and prospective memory [Vortac et al, 1995], but it has not been explored with respect to LBRs.…”

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Exploring the role of prospective memory in location-based reminders

Wang

Pérez-Quiñones

2014

Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct Publication

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Location-based reminder systems (LBRs) are typically used to remind people to complete a to-do task at a particular location. People use their prospective memory to remember future to-do tasks. However, the current design of LBRs fails to take advantage of human prospective memory theory. In this dissertation, I propose a framework connecting human prospective memory theory with LBRs. My work applies human prospective memory into the technical design of LBRs. The goal of my work is to make the reminder work more consistently with how human memory works.Prospective memory research suggests that encoding of the location and familiarity with the location have an impact on prospective remembering. I conducted two empirical studies to test how this theoretical knowledge applies to LBRs. In one experiment, Ihypothesized that if the encoding stage provides a closer match to the retrieval stage in LBRs, then location recognition and task recall should improve at retrieval time. The results indicate that providing a first-person view (street view of the desired location) at the encoding stage benefits prospective remembering the most.Prospective memory theory also suggests that the familiarity with the external cue has a significant influence on prospective remembering. In the second experiment, I hypothesized that familiarity with a location has an impact on the location recognition at the retrieval.The results show that the encoding interface is used differently for familiar and unfamiliar cities and businesses to support recognizing a target location.The findings have implications for the design of future LBRs. I designed an LBR prototype by applying these empirical research findings and conducted a usability evaluation. Future designers of LBR should consider 1) providing more support in matching the encoding stage to the eventual cue in retrieval stage and 2) involving user's familiarity level with the places at the encoding stage to provide a better user experience. My work showed the importance of using prospective memory theory in the design of LBR systems. Exploring the Role of Prospective Memory in Location-Based Reminders Yao Wang General Audience AbstractPeople use location-based mobile reminder systems to complete a to-do task at a particular location. My work studied how people memorize the locations at the reminder set up stage, as well as how they recognize the locations and remember the associated to-do tasks at the reminder retrieval stage. People see a location from a first-person view while completing a to-do task in the real life. However, current interface designs of location-based reminders do not support that. My research results contributed to the future interface design of location-based mobile reminder system. That is, future encoding interface design of location-based reminders could possibly apply a street view of the location to make the reminder more usable and more user-friendly. DedicationDedicated to my husband Bo Li, who is always there with me.

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Spatial Learning and Reasoning Skill

Cited by 89 publications

References 14 publications

Navigating in large hospitals

Navigating in large hospitals

Spatial Cues in Small Screen Devices: Benefit Or Handicap?

Exploring the role of prospective memory in location-based reminders

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