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    "pk": 28416,
    "title": "Mechanisms of Differences in Cognitive Mapping and Navigational Ability:\nExplorations Using Virtual Reality Manipulations",
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    "abstract": "Daily function depends on an ability to mentally map our environment. Environmental visibility\nand complexity can increase this challenge. Importantly, people vary dramatically in their ability\nto navigate flexibly and overcome such environmental challenges. In this paper, we will present\nexperimental work targeting the mechanisms that underlie different navigational abilities, and\nhow objective and introspective measures of ability interact to influence navigational strategy\nuse. Using virtual reality, we manipulated environmental visibility and complexity. Participants\nthen performed wayfinding, pointing, and route following tasks to probe cognitive map memory\nand navigational flexibility. Our findings reveal that individual differences in metacognition -\nsuch as perceived sense of direction - and in navigational strategy preference powerfully impact\nhow environmental features affect spatial memory. We also gathered data on the neurocognitive\nfoundations of these differences. Importantly, our methods highlight individualized interventions\nthat can improve spatial learning and specify the mechanisms through which they operate.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [],
    "section": "Symposia",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5861k8zt",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Thackery",
            "middle_name": "I.",
            "last_name": "Brown",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Georgia Institute of Technology",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Qiliang",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "He",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Georgia Institute of Technology",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Timothy",
            "middle_name": "P.",
            "last_name": "McNamara",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Vanderbilt University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Jon",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Starnes",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Georgia Institute of Technology",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Sarah",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Goodroe",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Georgia Institute of Technology",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2019-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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