Tim Miller

The article “The Cognitive Approach to Modeling Environments,” by  Kai-Florian Richter explores how cognitive sciences inform our understanding of wayfinding, offering insights into how people interact with complex spatial environments. The research presented focuses on how humans perceive, process, and navigate spaces by building mental models of their surroundings. This cognitive mapping is influenced by various environmental […]

The Wayfinding article on “Human Factors of Wayfinding in Navigation” by Daniel R Montello found on researchgate.net delves into how cognitive, spatial, and sensory elements influence effective navigation in environments. It underscores that human-centered design is critical in creating wayfinding systems, as they must cater to a variety of users with different capabilities and needs.