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The Effects of Boundary Manipulations on Navigational Abilities

dc.contributor.advisor Brown, Thackery I.
dc.contributor.author Han, Andrew Taekyu
dc.contributor.committeeMember He, Qiliang
dc.contributor.department Psychology
dc.contributor.department Psychology
dc.date.accessioned 2020-11-09T17:01:43Z
dc.date.available 2020-11-09T17:01:43Z
dc.date.created 2020-08
dc.date.issued 2020-08
dc.date.submitted August 2020
dc.date.updated 2020-11-09T17:01:43Z
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this study is to see how manipulating boundaries impact one’s spatial memory in unfamiliar spaces. To test this, after we measured our participants’ Sense of Direction (SOD) and memory capacities, they were equally divided up into three separate training conditions: an abstract environment, a translucent environment, and a control environment. Afterwards, they were evaluated using wayfinding and pointing tasks. Our results indicated that the abstract training significantly impacted those with varying SOD’s. Those with low SOD’s in the control condition outperformed their abstract counterparts in wayfinding, and those with high SOD’s in the opaque abstract condition outperformed their control counterparts in the pointing tasks. This could be due to their reliance on different navigation strategies. In this case piloting versus path integration, respectively. Regardless, this study emphasizes the need to further investigate other methods of boundary manipulation that will potentially affect people’s spatial abilities.
dc.description.degree Undergraduate
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dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/63903
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.title The Effects of Boundary Manipulations on Navigational Abilities
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dc.type.genre Undergraduate Thesis
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local.contributor.corporatename College of Sciences
local.contributor.corporatename School of Psychology
local.contributor.corporatename Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
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