Visual imagination and cognitive mapping of a virtual building.

ABSTRACT: We investigated the contribution of visual imagination to the cognitive mapping of a building when initial exploration was simulated either visually by using a passive video walk-through, or mentally by using verbal guidance. Building layout had repeating elements with either rotational or mirror symmetry. Cognitive mapping of the virtual building, determined using questionnaires and map drawings, was present following verbal guidance but inferior to that following video guidance. Mapping was not affected by the building's structural symmetry. However, notably, it correlated with small-scale mental rotation scores for both video and verbal guidance conditions. There was no difference between males and females. A common factor that may have influenced cognitive mapping was the availability

SUBMITTER: Jeffery K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612610 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature