Wayfinding as a Social Activity

Frontiers in Psychology

Ruth C. Dalton¹  Daniel R. Montello²  Christoph Hölscher³ 

[1] Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom;Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States;Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;

关键词: social wayfinding;    navigation;    group decision making;    spatial cognition;    wayfinding taxonomy;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00142

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We discuss the important, but greatly under-researched, topic of the social aspects of human wayfinding during navigation. Wayfinding represents the planning and decision-making component of navigation and is arguably among the most common, real-world domains of both individual and group-level decision making. We highlight the myriad ways that wayfinding by people is not a solitary psychological process but is influenced by the actions of other people, even by their mere presence. We also present a novel and comprehensive framework for classifying wayfinding in complex environments that incorporates the influence of other people. This classification builds upon the premises of previous wayfinding taxonomies and is further structured into four parts based upon (1) the nature of the interaction between the actors and (2) the time frame in which the interaction takes place. We highlight gaps in our current understanding of social wayfinding and outline future research opportunities.

【 授权许可】

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