%0 Journal Article
%A Waller, David
%A Loomis, Jack M.
%A Haun, Daniel B. M.
%+ External Organizations
%T Body-based senses enhance knowledge of directions in large-scale environments : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0006-58CA-4
%F EDOC: 230825
%R 10.3758/BF03206476
%D 2004
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X Previous research has shown that inertial cues resulting from passive transport through a large environment do not necessarily facilitate acquiring knowledge about its layout. Here we examine whether the additional body-based cues that result from active movement facilitate the acquisition of spatial knowledge. Three groups of participants learned locations along an 840-m route. One group walked the route during learning, allowing access to body-based cues (i.e., vestibular, proprioceptive, and efferent information). Another group learned by sitting in the laboratory, watching videos made from the first group. A third group watched a specially made video that minimized potentially confusing head-on-trunk rotations of the viewpoint. All groups were tested on their knowledge of directions in the environment as well as on its configural properties. Having access to body-based information reduced pointing error by a small but significant amount. Regardless of the sensory information available during learning, participants exhibited strikingly common biases.
%J Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
%V 11
%N 1
%& 157
%P 157 - 163
%I Psychonomic Society
%C Austin, TX
%@ 1069-9384