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Multi-floor buildings and human wayfinding cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Christoph Hölscher ,
Simon Büchner  and
Gerhard Strube
Christoph Hölscher
Affiliation:
Center for Cognitive Science & SFB/TR8 Spatial Cognition, University of Freiburg, 79098 Freiburg, Germany. hoelsch@cognition.uni-freiburg.de http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/members/hoelscher simon.buechner@cognition.uni-freiburg.de http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/members/buechner strube@cognition.uni-freiburg.de http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/members/strube
Simon Büchner
Affiliation:
Center for Cognitive Science & SFB/TR8 Spatial Cognition, University of Freiburg, 79098 Freiburg, Germany. hoelsch@cognition.uni-freiburg.de http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/members/hoelscher simon.buechner@cognition.uni-freiburg.de http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/members/buechner strube@cognition.uni-freiburg.de http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/members/strube
Gerhard Strube
Affiliation:
Center for Cognitive Science & SFB/TR8 Spatial Cognition, University of Freiburg, 79098 Freiburg, Germany. hoelsch@cognition.uni-freiburg.de http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/members/hoelscher simon.buechner@cognition.uni-freiburg.de http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/members/buechner strube@cognition.uni-freiburg.de http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/members/strube
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Abstract

Multilevel wayfinding research in environmental psychology and architecture exhibits a strong compatibility with Jeffery et al.'s “bicoded” representation of space. We identify a need for capturing verticality in spatial analysis techniques such as space syntax and argue for investigating inter-individual differences in the ability to mentally integrate the cognitive maps of separate floors in buildings.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 551 - 552
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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