Understanding Differences in Wayfinding Strategies

• Published in: Topics in cognitive science Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 102 - 119
• Main Authors: Hegarty, Mary, He, Chuanxiuyue, Boone, Alexander P., Yu, Shuying, Jacobs, Emily G., Chrastil, Elizabeth R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Aged; Cognitive map; Female; Humans; Individual differences; Individuality; Learning; Male; Navigation; Spatial Navigation - physiology; Strategy; Virtual environments; Wayfinding; Cognitive map; Strategy; Navigation; Wayfinding; Virtual environments; Individual differences

Navigating to goal locations in a known environment (wayfinding) can be accomplished by different strategies, notably by taking habitual, well‐learned routes (response strategy) or by inferring novel paths, such as shortcuts, from spatial knowledge of the environment's layout (place strategy)....