Laboratoire Mémoire, Cerveau et Cognition, Université de Paris, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France.
Laboratoire Développement Individu Processus Handicap Éducation, Université Lumière Lyon 2, 69500 Bron, France.
Sensors (Basel). 2022 Jun 24;22(13):4794. doi: 10.3390/s22134794.
Spatial cognition is a daily life ability, developed in order to be able to understand and interact with our environment. Even if all the senses are involved in mental representation of space elaboration, the lack of vision makes it more difficult, especially because of the importance of peripheral information in updating the relative positions of surrounding landmarks when one is moving. Spatial audio technology has long been used for studies of human perception, particularly in the area of auditory source localisation. The ability to reproduce individual sounds at desired positions, or complex spatial audio scenes, without the need to manipulate physical devices has provided researchers with many benefits. We present a review of several studies employing the power of spatial audio virtual reality for research in spatial cognition with blind individuals. These include studies investigating simple spatial configurations, architectural navigation, reaching to sounds, and sound design for improved acceptability. Prospects for future research, including those currently underway, are also discussed.
空间认知是一种日常生活能力，它的发展是为了能够理解和与我们的环境互动。即使所有的感官都参与了空间表象的心理加工，但是缺乏视觉会使这变得更加困难，特别是因为在移动时，周围地标相对位置的更新依赖于外围信息。空间音频技术长期以来一直被用于人类感知的研究，特别是在听觉声源定位领域。它具有在不需要操纵物理设备的情况下，将单个声音在期望位置或复杂的空间音频场景中进行再现的能力，为研究人员提供了许多好处。我们回顾了几项利用空间音频虚拟现实技术研究盲人空间认知能力的研究。这些研究包括对简单空间结构、建筑导航、对声音的反应以及提高可接受性的声音设计的研究。还讨论了未来的研究前景，包括正在进行的研究。
