Fernandez-Velasco, Pablo and Spiers, Hugo J (2024) Wayfinding across ocean and tundra:what traditional cultures teach us about navigation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. pp. 56-71. ISSN 1364-6613
Abstract
Research on human navigation by psychologists and neuroscientists has come mainly from a limited range of environments and participants inhabiting western countries. By contrast, numerous anthropological accounts illustrate the diverse ways in which cultures adapt to their surrounding environment to navigate. Here, we provide an overview of these studies and relate them to cognitive science research. The diversity of cues in traditional navigation is much higher and multimodal compared with navigation experiments in the laboratory. It typically involves an integrated system of methods, drawing on a detailed understanding of the environmental cues, specific tools, and forms part of a broader cultural system. We highlight recent methodological developments for measuring navigation skill and modelling behaviour that will aid future research into how culture and environment shape human navigation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. |
Keywords: | Humans,Cues,Tundra,Oceans and Seas |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2025 08:50 |
Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2025 08:50 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.09.004 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tics.2023.09.004 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:222905 |
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