Using virtual environments to investigate wayfinding in 8- to 12-year-olds and adults

Lingwood, Jamie; Blades, Mark; Farran, Emily K; Courbois, Yannick; Matthews, Danielle

Document type :

Article dans une revue scientifique

DOI :

10.1016/j.jecp.2017.08.012

PMID :

28941380

Permalink :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/32147

Title :

Using virtual environments to investigate wayfinding in 8- to 12-year-olds and adults

Author(s) :

Lingwood, Jamie [Auteur]
University of Liverpool
Blades, Mark [Auteur]
Department of Psychology [Sheffield]
Farran, Emily K [Auteur]
University College of London [London] [UCL]
Courbois, Yannick [Auteur]

Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition (PSITEC) - ULR 4072 [PSITEC]
Matthews, Danielle [Auteur]
Department of Psychology [Sheffield]

Journal title :

Journal of experimental child psychology

Volume number :

166

Pages :

178-189

Publication date :

2018-02

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

Wayfinding is the ability to learn and recall a route through an environment. Theories of wayfinding suggest that for children to learn a route successfully, they must have repeated experience of it, but in this experiment ...
Show more >Wayfinding is the ability to learn and recall a route through an environment. Theories of wayfinding suggest that for children to learn a route successfully, they must have repeated experience of it, but in this experiment we investigated whether children could learn a route after only a single experience of the route. A total of 80 participants from the United Kingdom in four groups of 20 8-year-olds, 10-year-olds, 12-year-olds, and adults were shown a route through a 12-turn maze in a virtual environment. At each junction, there was a unique object that could be used as a landmark. Participants were "walked" along the route just once (without any verbal prompts) and then were asked to retrace the route from the start without any help. Nearly three quarters of the 12-year-olds, half of the 10-year-olds, and a third of the 8-year-olds retraced the route without any errors the first time they traveled it on their own. This finding suggests that many young children can learn routes, even with as many as 12 turns, very quickly and without the need for repeated experience. The implications for theories of wayfinding that emphasize the need for extensive experience are discussed.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille

Collections :

Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Émotions, Cognition (PSITEC) - ULR 4072

Research team(s) :

Développement & Handicap

Submission date :

2020-09-14T10:33:09Z
2021-01-18T14:43:54Z

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