Orienteering: spatial navigation strategies and cognitive processes

Tore, Pio Alfredo Di; Corona, Felice; Sibilio, Maurizio

doi:10.14198/jhse.2015.10.proc1.45

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“…When using an allocentric strategyalso called place strategy or spatial memory strategy one uses cognitive maps (i.e., mental representations of an environment) by thinking about landmarks and their positions relative to each other (e.g., Di Tore, Corona, & Sibilio, 2014;Iaria, Petrides, Dagher, Pike, & Bohobot, 2003;Konishi & Bohobot, 2013). When using an egocentric strategyalso called response or route strategyone navigates by following a learned sequence of self-movements, such as a series of left and right turns at precise decision points from a given starting position (e.g., turn right after the park; e.g., Bohobot, Lerch, Thorndycraft, Iaria, & Zijdenbos, 2007;Chersi & Burgess, 2015;Di Tore et al, 2014;Konishi & Bohobot, 2013). The MWM task involved two allocentric and two egocentric conditions of which the first conditions (i.e., Allocentric 1 and Egocentric 1) were more similar to navigation in daily environments.…”

Section: Sequence-space Synesthesia and Spatial Navigationmentioning

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Enhanced spatial navigation skills in sequence-space synesthetes

Petersen

Altgassen

Lier

et al. 2020

Cortex

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Individuals with sequence-space synesthesia (SSS) perceive sequences like months, days and numbers in certain spatial arrangements. Several cognitive benefits have been associated with SSS, such as enhanced mental rotation, more vivid visual imagery and an advantage in spatial processing. The current study aimed to further investigate these cognitive benefits, focusing on spatial navigation skills, to explore if their enhanced sensitivity to spatial relations is reflected in enhanced navigational performance. Synesthetes were distinguished from controls by means of a questionnaire, a consistency test and drawings. A virtual Morris Water Maze (MWM) task with two allocentric and two egocentric navigation conditions was used to assess spatial navigation abilities. For the allocentric tasks, participants had to use object cues to find a hidden platform and for the egocentric tasks, they had to use their own position as a reference. Results showed that synesthetes performed significantly better compared to controls on the allocentric and egocentric tasks that reflected real life situations more accurately. However, this significant result was only found for the time taken to find the platform and not for the length of the path that was taken. In exploratory analyses, no significant relations were found between task performance and the specific features of the manifestation of each individual's synesthesia. Our hypothesis that synesthetes with the ability to mentally rotate their spatial arrangements would perform better on the allocentric task was not confirmed. Results add to the growing body of literature concerning the cognitive benefits of SSS and are consistent with the possibility that enhanced spatial navigation skills emerge from generally enhanced visuospatial abilities in SSS.

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Section: Sequence-space Synesthesia and Spatial Navigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhanced spatial navigation skills in sequence-space synesthetes

Petersen

Altgassen

Lier

et al. 2020

Cortex

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“…When using an allocentric strategyalso called place strategy or spatial memory strategy one uses cognitive maps (i.e., mental representations of an environment) by thinking about landmarks and their positions relative to each other (e.g., Di Tore, Corona, & Sibilio, 2014; Iaria, Petrides, Dagher, Pike, & Bohobot, 2003;Konishi & Bohobot, 2013). When using an egocentric strategyalso called response or route strategyone navigates by following a learned sequence of self-movements, such as a series of left and right turns at precise decision points from a given starting position (e.g., turn right after the park; e.g., Bohobot, Lerch, Thorndycraft, Iaria, & Zijdenbos, 2007;Chersi & Burgess, 2015;Di Tore et al, 2014;Konishi & Bohobot, 2013). The MWM task involved two allocentric and two egocentric conditions of which the first conditions (i.e., Allocentric 1 and Egocentric 1) were more similar to navigation in daily environments.…”

Section: Sequence-space Synesthesia and Spatial Navigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhanced Spatial Navigation Skills in Sequence-Space Synesthetes

Petersen¹,

Altgassen²,

Lier³

et al. 2018

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Individuals with sequence-space synesthesia (SSS) perceive sequences like months, days and numbers in certain spatial arrangements. Several cognitive benefits have been associated with SSS, such as enhanced mental rotation, more vivid visual imagery and an advantage in spatial processing. The current study aimed to further investigate these cognitive benefits, focusing on spatial navigation skills, to explore if their enhanced sensitivity to spatial relations is reflected in enhanced navigational performance. Synesthetes were distinguished from controls by means of a questionnaire, a consistency test and drawings. A virtual Morris Water Maze (MWM) task with two allocentric and two egocentric navigation conditions was used to assess spatial navigation abilities. For the allocentric tasks, participants had to use object cues to find a hidden platform and for the egocentric tasks, they had to use their own position as a reference. Results showed that synesthetes performed significantly better compared to controls on the allocentric and egocentric tasks that reflected real life situations more accurately. However, this significant result was only found for the time taken to find the platform and not for the length of the path that was taken. In exploratory analyses, no significant relations were found between task performance and the specific features of the manifestation of each individual’s synesthesia. Our hypothesis that synesthetes with the ability to mentally rotate their spatial arrangements would perform better on the allocentric task was not confirmed. Results add to the growing body of literature concerning the cognitive benefits of SSS and are consistent with the possibility that enhanced spatial navigation skills emerge from generally enhanced visuospatial abilities in SSS.

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“…Orienteering is believed to be an important learning resource (Di Tore et al, 2015). It enables the skills and understanding involved in teaching programs to be put into practice in a social context (Bradford, 1977;Kiwi-O Manual, 2014).…”

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An Investigation of Students’ Orienteering Process as to the Steps of Polya’s Problem-Solving Method

UZUNER

EKİZ>²

2023

International Online Journal of Primary Education

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Orienteering is an enjoyable sporting activity that is thought to contribute to participants’ problem-solving skills. An individual who engages in orienteering is expected to hold his/her map correctly, find his/her place on the map, read the map, make a plan for reaching the checkpoint, carry out the plan, and check the accuracy of the checkpoint reached. These steps that are followed by an individual during orienteering resemble the steps of Polya’s problem-solving method in education. In this study, therefore, Polya’s problem-solving steps in the field of mathematics are discussed together with the outdoor sport of orienteering. This study aims to examine fourth-grade primary school students’ orienteering process according to the steps of Polya’s problem-solving method. To achieve this aim, the case study method, which is mostly included within the scope of qualitative research approaches, was used. In the study, a program implementation, one of the sub-types of the case study method, was adopted. In this context, the study group was determined with the convenience sampling technique, one of the purposive sampling techniques. Observations, semi-structured interviews, and head cameras were used as data collection tools. As a result of the findings that were obtained, it was determined that the steps of Polya’s problem-solving method can be used for problem-solving during the orienteering process. Regarding this result, it is recommended that practical research studies are conducted in which similar and different research methods are used and which can contribute to the field.

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Orienteering: spatial navigation strategies and cognitive processes

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Enhanced spatial navigation skills in sequence-space synesthetes

Enhanced spatial navigation skills in sequence-space synesthetes

Enhanced Spatial Navigation Skills in Sequence-Space Synesthetes

An Investigation of Students’ Orienteering Process as to the Steps of Polya’s Problem-Solving Method

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