Westerman S J
Psychology Division, University of Aston.
Percept Mot Skills. 1995 Dec;81(3 Pt 1):771-86. doi: 10.2466/pms.1995.81.3.771.
Although a number of experiments have demonstrated the importance of spatial ability as a predictor of computer-based performance, there is little evidence relating to the mechanics of this association or the implications for interface design. Two experiments on the relative importance of spatial and nonspatial semantic information within the context of computerized information retrieval are described. The first experiment indicated that spatial ability did not interact with the spatial information content of the computer interface. The second experiment indicated that the effects of spatial ability are attenuated when additional nonspatial semantic information is provided.
尽管许多实验已经证明空间能力作为基于计算机的表现的预测指标的重要性，但关于这种关联的机制或对界面设计的影响的证据却很少。本文描述了两项关于计算机信息检索背景下空间和非空间语义信息的相对重要性的实验。第一个实验表明，空间能力与计算机界面的空间信息内容没有相互作用。第二个实验表明，当提供额外的非空间语义信息时，空间能力的影响会减弱。
