The effect of landmark and body-based sensory information on route knowledge (original) (raw)

The effect of landmark and body-based sensory information on route knowledge Ruddle, R. A., Volkova, E., Mohler, B., & Buelthoff, H. H. (2011). The effect of landmark and body-based sensory information on route knowledge. Memory & Cognition, 39, 686-699. DOI=10.3758/s13421-010-0054-z. Abstract Two experiments investigated the effect of landmarks and body-based information on route knowledge. Participants made four out-and-back journeys along a route, guided on the first outward trip, and with feedback every time an error was made. Experiment 1 used three-dimensional virtual environments (VEs) with a desktop monitor display, and participants were provided with no supplementary landmarks, global landmarks, local landmarks, or global & local landmarks. Local landmarks significantly reduced the number of errors that participants made, but global landmarks did not.