Seeing the Axial Line: Evidence from Wayfinding Experiments
Space-geometric measures are proposed to explain the location of fixations during wayfinding. Results from an eye tracking study based on real-world stimuli are analysed; the gaze bias shows that attention is paid to structural elements in the built environment. Three space-geometric measures are us...
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| description | Space-geometric measures are proposed to explain the location of fixations during wayfinding. Results from an eye tracking study based on real-world stimuli are analysed; the gaze bias shows that attention is paid to structural elements in the built environment. Three space-geometric measures are used to explain the data: sky area, floor area and longest line of sight. Together with the finding that participants choose the more connected street, a relationship is proposed between the individual cognitive processes that occur during wayfinding, relative street connectivity measured through space syntactic techniques and the spatial geometry of the environment. The paper adopts an egocentric approach to gain a greater understanding on how individuals process the axial map. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f834dda515d4bcf9977726da2185c232022-12-21T23:30:54ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2014-07-014316718010.3390/bs4030167bs4030167Seeing the Axial Line: Evidence from Wayfinding ExperimentsBeatrix Emo0Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London, 1-14 Woburn Place, WC1H 0NN London, UKSpace-geometric measures are proposed to explain the location of fixations during wayfinding. Results from an eye tracking study based on real-world stimuli are analysed; the gaze bias shows that attention is paid to structural elements in the built environment. Three space-geometric measures are used to explain the data: sky area, floor area and longest line of sight. Together with the finding that participants choose the more connected street, a relationship is proposed between the individual cognitive processes that occur during wayfinding, relative street connectivity measured through space syntactic techniques and the spatial geometry of the environment. The paper adopts an egocentric approach to gain a greater understanding on how individuals process the axial map.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/4/3/167wayfindingspace syntaxeye trackingreal-worldspatial configurationspatial geometry |
| spellingShingle | Beatrix Emo Seeing the Axial Line: Evidence from Wayfinding Experiments Behavioral Sciences wayfinding space syntax eye tracking real-world spatial configuration spatial geometry |
| title | Seeing the Axial Line: Evidence from Wayfinding Experiments |
| title_full | Seeing the Axial Line: Evidence from Wayfinding Experiments |
| title_fullStr | Seeing the Axial Line: Evidence from Wayfinding Experiments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seeing the Axial Line: Evidence from Wayfinding Experiments |
| title_short | Seeing the Axial Line: Evidence from Wayfinding Experiments |
| title_sort | seeing the axial line evidence from wayfinding experiments |
| topic | wayfinding space syntax eye tracking real-world spatial configuration spatial geometry |
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