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ArticleJournal of environmental psychology2016

Navigation performance in virtual environments varies with fractal dimension of landscape.

Arthur W Juliani, Alexander J Bies, Cooper R Boydston, Richard P Taylor, Margaret E Sereno

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Article in Journal of environmental psychology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 authors.

Arthur W JulianiDepartment of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403, USA.
Alexander J BiesDepartment of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403, USA.
Cooper R BoydstonDepartment of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403, USA.
Richard P TaylorDepartment of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403, USA.
Margaret E SerenoDepartment of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403, USA.

Funding

New Methods to Improve Measurement and Understanding of Successful NavigationR21DA024293 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF OREGON · PI FICKAS, STEPHEN F, LOBBEN, AMY · 2007 to 2010
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NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA024293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fractal geometry has been used to describe natural and built environments, but has yet to be studied in navigational research. In order to establish a relationship between the fractal dimension (D) of a natural environment and humans' ability to navigate such spaces, we conducted two experiments using virtual environments that simulate the fractal properties of nature. In Experiment 1, participants completed a goal-driven search task either with or without a map in landscapes that varied in D. In Experiment 2, participants completed a map-reading and location-judgment task in separate sets of fractal landscapes. In both experiments, task performance was highest at the low-to-mid range of D, which was previously reported as most preferred and discriminable in studies of fractal aesthetics and discrimination, respectively, supporting a theory of visual fluency. The applicability of these findings to architecture, urban planning, and the general design of constructed spaces is discussed.

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PMID27346905
PMCPMC4918639

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