Redesigning navigational aids using virtual global landmarks to improve spatial knowledge retrieval.

ABSTRACT: Although beacon- and map-based spatial strategies are the default strategies for navigation activities, today's navigational aids mostly follow a beacon-based design where one is provided with turn-by-turn instructions. Recent research, however, shows that our reliance on these navigational aids is causing a decline in our spatial skills. We are processing less of our surrounding environment and relying too heavily on the instructions given. To reverse this decline, we need to engage more in map-based learning, which encourages the user to process and integrate spatial knowledge into a cognitive map built to benefit flexible and independent spatial navigation behaviour. In an attempt to curb our loss of skills, we proposed a navigation assistant to support map-based learning during active

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9296625 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature