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The Effects of Learning Two or Three Dimensional Maps on Wayfinding Performance

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2020, v.32 no.1, pp.21-27
https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2020.32.1.002



& (2020). The Effects of Learning Two or Three Dimensional Maps on Wayfinding Performance. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 32(1), 21-27, https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2020.32.1.002

Abstract

It is crucial to develop cognitive maps of emergency evacuation routes for rapid and safe evacuation in advance of disasters. Evacuation routes are often presented by two- or three-dimensional maps. However, it is unclear how cognitive maps of emergency evacuation routes developed by the different map types affect wayfinding performance and whether these are different between men and women. In order to address this issue, the current study constructed a maze similar to a real escape situation and divided participants into three groups according to the types of map with consideration of the sex ratio. The results showed that groups with two- and three-dimensional maps showed higher accuracy than the control group. Importantly, women showed longer escape times than men in the group with three-dimensional map, whereas the difference was absent in the other groups. These findings suggest that providing evacuation routes with two-dimensional map would help save many lives in evacuation situations.

keywords
evacuation behavior, wayfinding, cognitive map, sex differences, 피난행동, 길찾기, 지도유형, 인지도, 성차

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