Department of Information Networking for Innovation and Design (INIAD), Toyo University.
Top Cogn Sci. 2023 Jan;15(1):163-186. doi: 10.1111/tops.12605. Epub 2022 Feb 28.
Spatial ability plays important roles in academic learning and everyday activities. A type of spatial thinking that is of particular significance to people's daily lives is cognitive mapping, that is, the process of acquiring, representing, and using knowledge about spatial environments. However, the skill of cognitive mapping shows large individual differences, and the task of spatial orientation and navigation poses great difficulty for some people. In this article, I look at the motivation and findings in the research into spatial knowledge acquisition from an individual differences perspective. I also discuss major implications of the existence of large individual differences, particularly the possibility of improving cognitive mapping by training and adjusting navigation assistance to the wide variations in spatial aptitudes and preferences among people.
空间能力在学术学习和日常活动中起着重要作用。一种对人们日常生活特别重要的空间思维是认知绘图，即获取、表示和使用关于空间环境的知识的过程。然而，认知绘图技能存在很大的个体差异，空间定向和导航任务对一些人来说非常困难。在本文中，我从个体差异的角度来看待空间知识获取研究的动机和发现。我还讨论了个体差异存在的主要影响，特别是通过训练来提高认知绘图能力的可能性，以及根据人们在空间能力和偏好方面的广泛差异来调整导航辅助的可能性。
