与未来空间导航能力相关的城市街道网络的值
A Coutrot1, E Manley2,3, S Goodroe4
1LIRIS, CNRS, University of Lyon, Lyon, France. antoine.coutrot@cnrs.fr.
Nature
|March 31, 2022
概括
在城市之外长大的人表现出卓越的空间导航技能. 导航能力受到一个人的教育环境和任务环境之间的拓相似性的影响,从而影响了认知功能.
科学领域:
- 环境心理学
- 认知神经科学
- 城市研究
背景情况:
- 环境因素对人类的认知和心理健康有很大影响.
- 城市生活与精神疾病风险的变化有关,尽管城市社交网络可能缓解抑郁症.
- 儿童时代环境对成年人的认知能力的影响,特别是空间导航,尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究童年环境对非语言空间导航能力的全球影响.
- 确定环境拓是否影响导航性能.
- 探索城市设计与认知功能之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 一个基于视频游戏的认知任务被用来测量空间导航.
- 这些数据来自38个国家的397,162名参与者.
- 分析与参与者的成长环境 (城市与农村,街道网络) 与各种虚拟环境中的导航性能相关.
主要成果:
- 在农村地区长大的个人通常表现出比城市居民更好的导航技能.
- 当虚拟环境的拓与参与者的成长环境相匹配时,
- 在有规律的街道布局的城市成长 (低) 提高了规律的游戏水平的表现,而在不太结构化的环境中成长 (高) 提高了复杂的游戏水平的表现.
结论:
- 儿童时期的环境在全球范围内显著地塑造了空间导航能力.
- 环境拓,包括城市街道网络结构,在认知发展和功能中起着至关重要的作用.
- 这些发现强调了城市规划和设计在支持人类认知能力方面的重要性.
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