The relationship between self‐evaluation of sense of direction, mental rotation, and
performance in map learning and pointing tasks has been investigated in a life‐span …

Navigation through an environment is a fundamental human activity. Although group
differences in navigational ability are documented (eg, gender), little is known about traits …

How we acquire and represent spatial information is one of the most important unsolved
issues in spatial cognition. Siegel and White (1975) affirmed that different forms of …

“Sense of direction” is usually assessed by self-report. Several internal factors contribute to
proficiency in navigation: spatial cognitive style, respondent's sex, and familiarity with the …

This study explores the role of age and individual visuo-spatial skills in different types of task
after route learning. Thirty-eight young adults (24–35 years old) and 37 older adults (64–75 …

An environment can be experienced by moving around in it, inspecting it from above,
studying a map, or listening to a verbal description. How does learning from different spatial …

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 …

We report on how visual realism might influence map-based route learning performance in a
controlled laboratory experiment with 104 male participants in a competitive context. Using …

The mental rotation literature commonly reports a sex difference, almost always favoring
men. Two strategies have been proposed in the literature to account for this difference …

The abilities of males and females to make spatial inferences were compared. Spatial
inference is concerned with the ability to work out new spatial information from memory. In …