ABSTRACT

The bulk of the research in spatial reorientation has studied how visual cues guide behavior. This project aims to explore the role of auditory cues. Using a find-and-replace paradigm in a circular search space, blindfolded sighted participants were able to reorient successfully using only auditory landmarks, albeit with errors larger than those found in visual-based reorientation. Importantly, for the first time, it was found that people encoded an ambiguous cue in addition to the certain cue, even though it was unnecessary and insufficient for solving the task. Results are discussed in the context of the resistance to using auditory cues spontaneously and the theory of functional equivalence.

摘要

在空间重新定向方面的大量研究已经研究了视觉线索如何指导行为。该项目旨在探讨听觉提示的作用。在圆形搜索空间中使用查找替换范例，被蒙住双眼的参与者仅使用听觉界标就能成功地进行重定向，尽管其误差大于基于视觉的重定向中的误差。重要的是，这是人们第一次发现，除了某些提示之外，人们还编码了一个歧义的提示，即使这对于解决任务来说是不必要的也不是足够的。在抵抗自发使用听觉提示和功能等效理论的背景下讨论了结果。