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  • Environmental Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Individuals form mental representations for navigation, with significant differences in survey knowledge acquisition.
  • Less is known about individual differences in learning environments through free exploration compared to predetermined routes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate links between exploration behaviors (revisiting, diffusion) and mental representations.
  • Examine the contribution of visuospatial factors (working memory, wayfinding inclinations) to these relationships.

Main Methods:

  • 234 participants explored a virtual city in a CAVE environment after completing cognitive and questionnaire tasks.
  • Exploration behaviors (revisiting, diffusion) were quantified, and survey knowledge was assessed via map drawing.
  • Visuospatial working memory and wayfinding inclinations (self-efficacy, pleasure, anxiety) were measured.

Main Results:

  • Exploration behaviors differed by gender, with women showing less revisiting and diffusion.
  • Higher self-efficacy and pleasure in exploring correlated with reduced revisiting; joystick familiarity increased diffusion.
  • Exploration behaviors mediated the relationship between gender/self-efficacy/pleasure and map accuracy; visuospatial working memory directly predicted map accuracy.

Conclusions:

  • Individual differences in exploration behaviors are related to the development of survey knowledge from free exploration.
  • Visuospatial working memory directly impacts map accuracy, while exploration strategies are influenced by personal factors and gender.
  • Understanding these individual factors is crucial for comprehending environmental learning and spatial cognition.