TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring small city maps
AU - Christova, Peka
AU - Scoppa, Martin
AU - Peponis, John
AU - Georgopoulos, Apostolos P.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This work was supported by the McKnight Presidential Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, the American Legion Brain Sciences Chair (University of Minnesota), and the US
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - Abstract The exploration of city maps has exploded recently due to the wide availability, increasing use of, and reliance on small positioning and navigational devices for personal use. In this study, subjects explored small, 3-mile diameter circular maps exemplifying five different types of street networks common in the United States, in order to locate a hypothetical city hall. Chosen locations indicated that subjects are able to identify more accessible sites. Monitoring eye position revealed that women explored maps faster, using more widely dispersed but more narrowly focused gaze clusters than men. The type of street network influenced the time spent by the eyes in a locale and differentially affected the size of gaze clusters between women and men, underscoring the complex interactions of gender-specific strategies with street network types.
AB - Abstract The exploration of city maps has exploded recently due to the wide availability, increasing use of, and reliance on small positioning and navigational devices for personal use. In this study, subjects explored small, 3-mile diameter circular maps exemplifying five different types of street networks common in the United States, in order to locate a hypothetical city hall. Chosen locations indicated that subjects are able to identify more accessible sites. Monitoring eye position revealed that women explored maps faster, using more widely dispersed but more narrowly focused gaze clusters than men. The type of street network influenced the time spent by the eyes in a locale and differentially affected the size of gaze clusters between women and men, underscoring the complex interactions of gender-specific strategies with street network types.
KW - Eye movements
KW - Map reading
KW - Spatial cognition
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U2 - 10.1007/s00221-012-3252-z
DO - 10.1007/s00221-012-3252-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 22990289
AN - SCOPUS:84871288878
SN - 0014-4819
VL - 223
SP - 207
EP - 217
JO - Experimental Brain Research
JF - Experimental Brain Research
IS - 2
ER -