Young Children Use Landmarks (1-30-08)
Children as young as 3 navigate through space using landmarks.
Children as young as 3 navigate through space using landmarks.
When information is presented visually, the typeface used for the name of a location influences estimates of the distance to that location.
Building on previous research showing that men and women have different strategies for learning how to find their way through spaces.
Navigating from one place to another across several floors is a complex process.
People who are depressed get lost more easily than people who are not depressed, which has repercussions for the design of signage in mental health facilities.
Shopping malls continue to be an interesting venue for wayfinding research. The conclusions, though, can be applied in a wide variety of pedestrian applications.
This article examines the source of concern over decorative fountains and water features in hospital environments and raises questions about whether or not evidence exists to substantiate these concerns.
Radio-frequency tracking devices attached to grocery carts have shown that people move through a grocery store in a different manner than was previously thought.
Researchers testing hand-held interactive guides that use landmarks as navigational cues discovered that these devices can help both younger and older adults move through a space, but were particularly useful for older adults.
When presented with a turning decision, people tend to turn toward their dominant hand, and turn in ways consistent with the car-driving regulations of their homeland.