A tangible user interface for assessing cognitive mapping ability |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, AB, Canada;2. Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, NC, USA;3. Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, AB, Canada;4. Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta, AB, Canada;5. Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, AB, Canada;6. School of Design, Queensland University of Technology, Australia;1. Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA;2. Faculty of Media, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany;3. Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Japan;4. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Centre for Vision Research, York University, Canada;1. Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia;2. Department of Computing, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia;1. Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA;2. Principle Research Scientist, Physical Sciences, Inc, Andover, MA;3. Masters Student, University of Massachusetts Boston; Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA;4. Principle Scientist, Physical Sciences, Inc, Andover, MA;6. Physical Sciences, Inc, Andover, MA;5. Software Engineer, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory, Brigham and Women''s Hospital, Boston, MA;7. Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA;1. Chongqing Key Lab. of Mobile Communications Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China;2. Tianjin Key laboratory of Wireless Mobile communications and Power Transmission, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China;1. Electronics Department, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipan, s/n., 28933 Mostoles, Madrid, Spain;2. Languages and Computer Systems, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipan, s/n., 28933 Mostoles, Madrid, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Wayfinding, the ability to recall the environment and navigate through it, is an essential cognitive skill relied upon almost every day in a person's life. A crucial component of wayfinding is the construction of cognitive maps, mental representations of the environments through which a person travels. Age, disease or injury can severely affect cognitive mapping, making assessment of this basic survival skill particularly important to clinicians and therapists. Cognitive mapping has also been the focus of decades of basic research by cognitive psychologists. Both communities have evolved a number of techniques for assessing cognitive mapping ability. We present the Cognitive Map Probe (CMP), a new computerized tool for assessment of cognitive mapping ability that increases consistency and promises improvements in flexibility, accessibility, sensitivity and control. The CMP uses a tangible user interface that affords spatial manipulation. We describe the design of the CMP, and find that it is sensitive to factors known to affect cognitive mapping performance in extensive experimental testing. |
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