Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jul 15, 2026

Assessing Human Spatial Navigation in a Virtual Space and its Sensitivity to Exercise
06:17

Assessing Human Spatial Navigation in a Virtual Space and its Sensitivity to Exercise

Published on: January 26, 2024

Place and response learning in human virtual navigation: behavioral measures and gender differences.

Neil Schmitzer-Torbert1

  • 1Department of Psychology, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN 47933, USA. torbertn@wabash.edu

Behavioral Neuroscience
|May 2, 2007
PubMed
Summary

Humans navigating virtual mazes utilize place and response strategies. Men learned faster than women, but women showed better strategy transfer and accuracy, especially with place-based navigation.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Sunk cost sensitivity during change-of-mind decisions is informed by both the spent and remaining costs.

Communications biology·2022
Same author

Vicarious Trial-and-Error Is Enhanced During Deliberation in Human Virtual Navigation in a Translational Foraging Task.

Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience·2021
Same author

Mindfulness and decision making: sunk costs or escalation of commitment?

Cognitive processing·2020
Same author

A Low-Cost Morris Water Maze for Undergraduate Research: Construction and Demonstration in a Rat Model of Obesity-Induced Diabetes.

Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education : JUNE : a publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience·2018
Same author

Post-training cocaine administration facilitates habit learning and requires the infralimbic cortex and dorsolateral striatum.

Neurobiology of learning and memory·2014
Same author

Neuronal activity in the rodent dorsal striatum in sequential navigation: separation of spatial and reward responses on the multiple T task.

Journal of neurophysiology·2004

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Spatial navigation research

Background:

  • Humans employ diverse strategies, including place and response strategies, for spatial navigation.
  • Understanding these strategies is crucial for designing effective virtual environments and cognitive training.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the differential use and effectiveness of place versus response strategies in human navigation within virtual T-mazes.
  • To examine sex differences in learning, strategy stability, and strategy transfer during virtual maze navigation.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments involving virtual multiple T-mazes were conducted.
  • Participants navigated mazes, with probe trials assessing strategy use (place vs. response).
  • Sex differences and strategy transfer were analyzed based on training conditions and performance metrics.

More Related Videos

Virtual Reality Experiments with Physiological Measures
07:09

Virtual Reality Experiments with Physiological Measures

Published on: August 29, 2018

Behavioral Training Procedures for Head-fixed Virtual Reality in Mice
06:27

Behavioral Training Procedures for Head-fixed Virtual Reality in Mice

Published on: September 6, 2024

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jul 15, 2026

Assessing Human Spatial Navigation in a Virtual Space and its Sensitivity to Exercise
06:17

Assessing Human Spatial Navigation in a Virtual Space and its Sensitivity to Exercise

Published on: January 26, 2024

Virtual Reality Experiments with Physiological Measures
07:09

Virtual Reality Experiments with Physiological Measures

Published on: August 29, 2018

Behavioral Training Procedures for Head-fixed Virtual Reality in Mice
06:27

Behavioral Training Procedures for Head-fixed Virtual Reality in Mice

Published on: September 6, 2024

Main Results:

  • Place strategies were more common early in training, shifting to response strategies later.
  • Men learned mazes faster and developed more stable routes than women.
  • Women demonstrated superior accuracy and faster strategy transfer compared to men, particularly in place-based navigation.

Conclusions:

  • Navigation strategy choice (place vs. response) influences learning speed, route stability, and transferability.
  • Sex-based differences exist in virtual spatial navigation, with women showing advantages in strategy flexibility and transfer.
  • The interplay between strategy use and performance metrics like route stability offers insights into navigation learning mechanisms.