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  • Human spatial cognition
  • Virtual reality research
  • Neuroscience

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  • Understanding 3D spatial encoding is crucial for navigation.
  • Previous research focused on 2D or egocentric spatial representations.
  • The role of idiothetic cues in 3D spatial extension remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate human ability to encode spatial relations across different surfaces (floor, walls, ceiling).
  • To examine the extension of ground-based headings to other surfaces during 3D navigation.
  • To determine the impact of visual and idiothetic cues on this spatial extension.

Main Methods:

  • Participants navigated virtual environments to learn object layouts on the floor.
  • Locomotion to walls (90° pitch) and ceiling (180° pitch) using visual and/or idiothetic cues.
  • Spatial memory tasks included object layout reproduction and Judgements of Relative Direction (JRD).

Main Results:

  • Idiothetic cues enhanced performance on JRD tasks when physical and imagined headings aligned.
  • Object layout reproduction on the ceiling demonstrated a sensorimotor alignment effect.
  • Spatial encoding and heading extension across surfaces were confirmed, particularly with idiothetic cues.

Conclusions:

  • Humans possess the capacity for three-dimensional spatial encoding across surfaces.
  • Heading extension via pitch rotations is facilitated by idiothetic cues.
  • This research advances our understanding of human spatial cognition in complex 3D environments.