The volatile global security environment has changed warfighting. Battles in the arena of
terrorism demand mature judgment, decision-making, and collaboration of warfighters who …

It seems intuitively obvious that active exploration of a new environment will lead to better
spatial learning than will passive exposure. However, the literature on this issue is decidedly …

Interactive cognitive complexity theory suggests that simulation games are more effective
than other instructional methods because they simultaneously engage trainees' affective …

Substantial disagreement exists in the literature regarding which educational technology
results in the highest cognitive gain for learners. In an attempt to resolve this dispute, we …

Background: Older adults get lost, in many cases because of recognized or incipient
Alzheimer disease (AD). In either case, getting lost can be a threat to individual and public …

During navigation, humans combine visual information from their surroundings with body-
based information from the translational and rotational components of their movement …

Landmarks are essential and widely used in human navigation. However, many indoor
environments lack visually salient landmarks, which leads to difficulties in navigating in and …

A subcategory of computer-assisted instruction (CAI), games have additional attributes such
as motivation, reward, interactivity, score, and challenge. This study used a quasi …

Objective: We examined whether spatialized nonspeech beacons could guide navigation
and how sound timbre, waypoint capture radius, and practice affect performance …

Virtual reality opens new opportunities for operator training in complex tasks. It lowers costs
and has fewer constraints than traditional training. The ultimate goal of virtual training is to …