Walking in Circles (08-18-09)
It seems we really do need landmarks and marked paths to get where we want to go.
It seems we really do need landmarks and marked paths to get where we want to go.
New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center carefully assessed how people navigated though its collection of facilities.
As Abdulkarim points out, sound is crucial for our experience of place.
The United Kingdom’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has analyzed residential streets, identifying physical features associated with desirable resident experience.
Zeisel has extensively researched the social and physical environments in which Alzheimer’s patients should live.
When human beings become disoriented in a space, what cues do they use to reorient themselves?
Several researchers provide information about wayfinding in distinct settings and the general efficacy of maps and GPS in route finding.
Until approximately the age of 8, children do not integrate the information that they receive through their eyes and their sense of touch.
People using Global Positioning System (GPS) mobile navigation systems walk through a space differently than people using maps or direct-experience to guide their travels.
In girls, language processing is more abstract and in boys it is more sensory.