Nostalgia and Wayfinding (10-19-23)
Redhead and team shed new light on how landmarks can be designed to help people navigate through a space. They report that in their study “participants learned a route through a computer-generated maze using directional arrows and wall-mounted pictures. On the test trial, the arrows were removed, and participants completed the maze using only the pictures. In the nostalgia condition, pictures were of popular music artists and TV characters from 5 to 10 years ago. In the control condition, they were recent pictures of these same artists and characters. . . .