%0 Journal Article
%T The role of perspective in locating position in a real-world, unfamiliar environment
%J Applied cognitive psychology
%D 2003
%A Iachini, Tina
%A Logie, Robert H.
%V 17
%N 6
%P 715-732
%X This paper reports an exploration of how perspective information contributes to localizing and orienting oneself in a real-world, unfamiliar environment. Participants were asked to recognize their positions on a three-dimensional map by observing real buildings from different perspectives set at viewpoints between 0° and 180° from a starting position. Results showed that participants were able to use remembered perspective information to locate their subsequent, different position in the correct area of space. They also showed a linear increase in rotation times as the angular distance increased between initially perceived perspective and test position. This finding suggests that the representation of the spatial information acquired from a real world large-scale environment is orientation dependent. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0888-4080
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.904