Simple in-car route guidance information from another perspective

coding versus modality. On behalf of the SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, the Ministry of Transport, Directorate for Road Safety DVV and Transport and Traffic Engineering Division DVK.
Author(s)
Verwey, W.B.
Year
Abstract

A previous field study concerning electronic navigation aids showed an advantage of auditory presentation of route guidance instructions as compared to visual information in terms of navigational errors. In the present paper an experiment is reported that tries to approach the issue of optimal route instructions in a more controlled environment. The results showed an advantage for verbal over spatial information. No significant effect of presentation modality was found. The data suggest that subjects recoded spatial information into verbal memory codes.

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B 29215 S /73 /83 / IRRD 825524
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Soesterberg, Institute for Perception IZF TNO, 1989, 26 p., 18 ref. IZF 1989 C-21

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