Wayfinding Behavior: Cognitive Mapping and Other Spatial Processes

by Reginald G. Golledge

The metaphor of a "cognitive map"has attracted wide interest since it was first proposed in the late 1940s. Researchers from fields as diverse as psychology, geography, and urban planning have explored how humans process and use spatial information, often with the view of explaining why people make wayfinding errors or what makes one person a better navigator than another. Cognitive psychologists have broken navigation down into its component steps...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080185993X
• ISBN13: 9780801859939
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"