Statistically optimal cue integration during human spatial navigation

PM Newman, Y Qi, W Mou, TP McNamara - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2023 - Springer
In 2007, Cheng and colleagues published their influential review wherein they analyzed the
literature on spatial cue interaction during navigation through a Bayesian lens, and …

Building a cognitive science of human variation: Individual differences in spatial navigation

NS Newcombe, M Hegarty… - Topics in Cognitive …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this issue is to take stock of cognitive science of human variation in the field of
spatial navigation, an important domain in which debates have often assumed an invariant …

[HTML][HTML] Architectural experience: Clarifying its central components and their relation to core affect with a set of first-person-view videos

L Gregorians, PF Velasco, F Zisch, HJ Spiers - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
When studying architectural experience in the lab, it is of paramount importance to use a
proxy as close to real-world experience as possible. Whilst still images visually describe real …

Correctly establishing evidence for cue combination via gains in sensory precision: Why the choice of comparator matters

M Scheller, M Nardini - Behavior Research Methods, 2024 - Springer
Studying how sensory signals from different sources (sensory cues) are integrated within or
across multiple senses allows us to better understand the perceptual computations that lie at …

Effects of older age on visual and self-motion sensory cue integration in navigation

CS Shayman, MK McCracken, HC Finney… - Experimental Brain …, 2024 - Springer
Older adults demonstrate impairments in navigation that cannot be explained by general
cognitive and motor declines. Previous work has shown that older adults may combine …

Olfactory and visual vs. multimodal landmark processing in human wayfinding: a virtual reality experiment

E Arena, K Hamburger - Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Recent studies suggest that the olfactory system is not as indiscriminative as previously
thought. Odours can serve as useful landmark information. The current study explored …

The addition of a spatial auditory cue improves spatial updating in a virtual reality navigation task

CS Shayman, MM Whitaker, E Barhorst-Cates… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2024 - Springer
Auditory cues are integrated with vision and body-based self-motion cues for motion
perception, balance, and gait, though limited research has evaluated their effectiveness for …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptual biases as the side effect of a multisensory adaptive system: Insights from verticality and self-motion perception

LF Cuturi - Vision, 2022 - mdpi.com
Perceptual biases can be interpreted as adverse consequences of optimal processes which
otherwise improve system performance. The review presented here focuses on the …

Generalisation to novel exemplars of learned shape categories based on visual and auditory spatial cues does not benefit from multisensory information

A O'Dowd, RJ Hirst, MA Seveso, EM McKenna… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2024 - Springer
Although the integration of information across multiple senses can enhance object
representations in memory, how multisensory information affects the formation of categories …

Vestibular contribution to spatial encoding

S Zanchi, LF Cuturi, G Sandini, M Gori… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Determining the spatial relation between objects and our location in the surroundings is
essential for survival. Vestibular inputs provide key information about the position and …