1999
DOI: 10.1068/a311459
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The Role of Attention in Spatial Learning during Simulated Route Navigation

Abstract: Previous research has demonstrated the importance of attention in the development of survey (or configural) knowledge of the environment. However, it is unclear if attention is also necessary for the development of route knowledge. Our aim in this paper is to evaluate the specific role of attention in the acquisition of both route and survey knowledge during simulated navigation. In four experiments, subjects in a condition of full or divided attention were presented a series of routes through a simulated envi… Show more

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“…Albert, Reinitz, Beusmans, and Gopal (1999) instructed their participants to learn a route from a video display. Those who performed a difficult verbal working memory task while watching the videos were less proficient at putting landmarks in the correct order than were those who were allowed to fully attend to the video.…”
Section: Incidental and Intentional Learning Of Spatial Informationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Albert, Reinitz, Beusmans, and Gopal (1999) instructed their participants to learn a route from a video display. Those who performed a difficult verbal working memory task while watching the videos were less proficient at putting landmarks in the correct order than were those who were allowed to fully attend to the video.…”
Section: Incidental and Intentional Learning Of Spatial Informationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…First, these two studies (Albert et al, 1999;Anooshian & Seibert, 1996) relied on videos to present the routes, so participants did not have access to the idiothetic information that appears to be important for spatial learning. Second, both reports used distractor tasks, which not only interfere with attention, but also place a high demand on working memory.…”
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“…Fallers have reduced global cognitive functioning (e.g., Tinetti, Speechley, & Ginter, 1988) and perform worse in laboratory tests of higher-level processing (for a review see Hsu, Nagamatsu, Davis, & Liu-Ambrose, 2012). One executive function that is essential for successful navigation through the environment is visual-spatial attention (e.g., Albert, Reinitz, Beusmans, & Gopal, 1999). For instance, visual-spatial attention during a volitional orienting task was previously found to be altered in older adults with a history of falls relative to those without such a history (Nagamatsu, Carolan, Liu-Ambrose, & Handy, 2009).…”
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“…For instance, subjects unknowingly integrate various units of information into their recollections of events, including their own world knowledge (see, e.g., Bower, Black, & Turner, 1979;) and information experienced in other episodes (see, e.g., Albert, Reinitz, Beusmans, & Gopal, 1999;Hannigan & Reinitz, 2003;E. F. Loftus, Miller, & Burns, 1978).…”
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