Mengue-Topio, H;
Courbois, Y;
Farran, EK;
Sockeel, P;
(2011)
Route learning and shortcut performance in adults with intellectual disability: a study with virtual environments.
Research in Developmental Disabilities
, 32
(1)
pp. 345-352.
10.1016/j.ridd.2010.10.014.
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Abstract
The ability to learn routes though a virtual environment (VE) and to make a novel shortcut between two locations was assessed in 18 adults with intellectual disability and 18 adults without intellectual disability matched on chronological age. Participants explored two routes (A ⇔ B and A ⇔ C) until they reached a learning criterion. Then, they were placed at B and were asked to find the shortest way to C (B ⇔ C, five trials). Participants in both groups could learn the routes, but most of the participants with intellectual disability could not find the shortest route between B and C. However, the results also revealed important individual differences within the intellectual disability group, with some participants exhibiting more efficient wayfinding behaviour than others. Individuals with intellectual disability may differ in the kind of spatial knowledge they extract from the environment and/or in the strategy they use to learn routes.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Route learning and shortcut performance in adults with intellectual disability: a study with virtual environments |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.10.014 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2010.10.014 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2011. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | Intellectual disability; Spatial navigation; Virtual environment |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1477845 |
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