Gender differences in relation to wayfinding strategies, navigational support design, and wayfinding task difficulty

Chen, Chien-Hsiung; Chang, Wen-Chih; Chang, Wen-Te

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.07.003

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“…These results also were congruent with those of many other studies indicating that performance of males on wayfinding tasks is often superior to that of females (Chen et al, 2009; Davis & Therrien, 2012). Males found their way overall better than did females on the initial day of testing, and were significantly faster at finding their way in Trial 3.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

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Salient Cues and Wayfinding in Alzheimer’s Disease Within a Virtual Senior Residence

Davis

Ohman

Weisbeck

2016

Environment and Behavior

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Wayfinding is a problem for persons with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), especially in complex environments such as senior residential communities. In this study, persons with AD or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and a control group of older adults were asked to navigate a virtual reality simulation of a senior residential community. Subjects had to find their way repeatedly over multiple trials for two consecutive days in standard (no extra cues) and salient (colorful, memorable cues placed at key decision points) cue conditions. The results showed that all subjects found their way faster and more effectively in the salient cue condition than in the standard cue condition. Those in the AD/MCI group were significantly more impaired in wayfinding ability compared with those in the control group. Persons with impaired wayfinding ability due to AD and MCI can find their way more effectively in virtual environments enhanced with salient environmental cues.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Salient Cues and Wayfinding in Alzheimer’s Disease Within a Virtual Senior Residence

Davis

Ohman

Weisbeck

2016

Environment and Behavior

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“…On the contrary, women are better at memorizing the landmark cue to help explore the environment . Chen, Chang, and Chang also contend that women were more likely to adopt the egocentric strategy while men were more likely to adopt the allocentric strategy. In addition, Coluccia, Iosue, and Brandimonte conducted research study in terms of map‐learning strategies.…”

Section: Related Worksupporting

confidence: 89%

Effects of 2D wedge design as a wayfinding facilitator in a 3D virtual environment

Chen

2015

J Soc Info Display

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-The purpose of this study is to investigate users' wayfinding task performance and subjective preference in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment. The research variables are interaction mode (touch sensitive vs body movement modes), viewing perspective [first-person perspective (1PP) versus third-person perspective (3PP)], and gender (man versus woman). Three difficult levels of tasks were conducted, i.e., A, A-P, and A-A types. The experiment is 2 × 2 × 2 between-subject design. Participants needed to complete three wayfinding tasks and fill out subjective preference questionnaires regarding task fluency, satisfaction, system usability scale, and NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX). Fifty-six participants (28 men and 28 women) were invited using convenient sampling method. The results are as follows: (1) Participants adopting touch-sensitive mode performed better than body movement mode. (2) Participants using touch-sensitive mode could have better task fluency and higher SUS score, and with less effort and frustration. (3) Participants adopting 3PP had better wayfinding task performance than first-person perspective. They also had higher system usability scale score and spent less effort for having wider viewing perspective. (4) The gender variable only showed significant effect in A-P type of wayfinding task. Men performed better than women. It is concluded that adopting touch-sensitive interaction and 3PP designs can better facilitate users' wayfinding tasks.

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“…Studies have found that differences exist in male and female spatial navigation and performance (Chai & Jacobs, 2009;Jonasson, 2005;Linn & Petersen, 1985, Tlauka, Brolse, Pomeroy, & Hobbs, 2005, with men usually performing better than women in many spatial activities in wayfinding (Chen, Chang, & Chang, 2009 Malinowski & Gillespie, 2001). Spatial anxiety is also experienced differently, with women showing greater spatial anxiety than men (Barkley & Dye, 2007;Gabriel, Hong, Chandra, Lonborg, & Barkley, 2011;Lawton & Kallai, 2002;Malinowski & Gillespie, 2001).…”

Section: Cognitive Mapmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wayfinding: A simple concept, a complex process

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Wayfinding is the process of finding your way to a destination in a familiar or unfamiliar setting using any cues given by the environment. Due to its ubiquity in everyday life, wayfinding appears on the surface to be a simply characterized and understood process; however, this very ubiquity and the resulting need to refine and optimize wayfinding has led to a great number of studies that have revealed that it is in fact a deeply complex exercise. In this article, we examine the motivations for investigating wayfinding, with particular attention being paid to the unique challenges faced in transportation hubs, and discuss the associated principles and factors involved as they have been perceived from different research perspectives. We also review the approaches used to date in the modelling of wayfinding in various contexts. We attempt to draw together the different perspectives applied to wayfinding and postulate the importance of wayfinding and the need to understand this seemingly simple, but concurrently complex, process.

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Gender differences in relation to wayfinding strategies, navigational support design, and wayfinding task difficulty

Cited by 79 publications

References 33 publications

Salient Cues and Wayfinding in Alzheimer’s Disease Within a Virtual Senior Residence

Salient Cues and Wayfinding in Alzheimer’s Disease Within a Virtual Senior Residence

Effects of 2D wedge design as a wayfinding facilitator in a 3D virtual environment

Wayfinding: A simple concept, a complex process

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