Learning to Orient Using a Map Display: Evidence from Eye Tracking

Abstract

Eight individuals participated in an experiment requiring them to identify the position of a viewer on a map given the viewer's egocentric perspective of the space. Performance data indicated that response times decreased significantly over the course of the experiment, but accuracy did not improve. An analysis of eye tracking data showed that the speedup in participant performance was primarily a reflection of participants shifting attention between the two perspectives of the space less often. This finding suggests that the improvement resulted from reduced efforts to verify the hypothesized relationship between the views, but that identifying corresponding features remained as a significant challenge.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA505082

Entities

People

  • Glenn Gunzelmann
  • Peter Khooshabeh
  • Scott Douglass

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Cognition
  • Data Displays
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Information Operations
  • Learning
  • Mental Processes
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.

Technology Areas

  • Space