Vestibular cues improve landmark-based route navigation: A simulated driving study.

Autor: Jabbari Y; Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada. jabbariy@mcmaster.ca., Kenney DM; Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada., von Mohrenschildt M; Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada., Shedden JM; Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Memory & cognition [Mem Cognit] 2021 Nov; Vol. 49 (8), pp. 1633-1644. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 20.
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-021-01181-2
Abstrakt: It is well established that humans use self-motion and landmark cues to successfully navigate their environment. Existing research has demonstrated a critical role of the vestibular system in supporting navigation across many species. However, less is known about how vestibular cues interact with landmarks to promote successful navigation in humans. In the present study, we used a motion simulator to manipulate the presence or absence of vestibular cues during a virtual navigation task. Participants learned routes to a target destination in three different landmark blocks in a virtual town: one with proximal landmarks, one with distal landmarks, and one with no landmarks present. Afterwards, they were tested on their ability to retrace the route and find the target destination. We observed a significant interaction between vestibular cues and proximal landmarks, demonstrating that the potential for vestibular cues to improve route navigation is dependent on landmarks that are present in the environment. In particular, vestibular cues significantly improved route navigation when proximal landmarks were present, but this was not significant when distal landmarks or no landmarks were present. Overall, our results indicate that landmarks play an important role in the successful incorporation of vestibular cues to human spatial navigation.
(© 2021. The Psychonomic Society, Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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