Useful Landmarks (07-03-24)
Dommes and associates probed the usefulness of types of landmarks for wayfinding. Their study participants “navigated a virtual environment using a joystick. They were guided with a map or with GPS-like instructions, including either only visually or both visually and cognitively salient landmarks. . . . results showed that the integration of visually and cognitively salient landmarks in a map or in GPS-like instructions improved the construction of landmark and route knowledge. . . . Perceptual saliency is defined as the . . . potential of an object to grab attention. It . . .