In emergency situations such as fire evacuation, indoor wayfinding is a complex and
challenging task that is closely related to spatial cognition and spatial ability. This study …

Research in the domain of spatial abilities is now focusing on whether spatial abilities can
be trained, and whether this can produce gains and maintenance effects in other, untrained …

Being able to represent and remember verbally-encoded information about spatial
environments from different perspectives is important for numerous daily activities. The …

This chapter examines the role of some of the external and internal factors in determining
individual differences in the performance of spatial tasks, such as way-finding, map learning …

There is a growing interest in individual visuo-spatial skills and their role in environment
learning from navigation because they can be key factors in explaining how navigation …

Spatial representations of an environment involve different perspectives and can derive from
different inputs, including spatial descriptions. While it is well-established that memory of …

This chapter reviews and identifies gaps in research examining collective navigation and
describes the results of a small study aimed at better elucidating the independent and …

Knowing the correct location of a specific object learned from a (topographic) map is
fundamental for orientation and navigation tasks. Spatial reference systems, such as …

There is still a need to analyze the factors that enhance navigation accuracy. This study aims
to examine how success in environment learning relates to task goals and WM. A total of 90 …

Familiarity enables us to form elaborate mental representations of environments, which are
usually assessed with tasks that involve managing spatial information (such as pointing and …