ABSTRACT

The influence of stress states on cognition is widely recognized. However, the manner in which stress affects survey knowledge acquisition is still unresolved. For the present study, we investigated whether survey knowledge acquisition during a stressful task (i.e., under time pressure) is more accurate for the mental representation of global or local landmarks. Participants navigated through virtual cities with a navigation aid and explicit learning instructions for different landmark configurations. Participants’ judgments of relative direction (JRDs) suggest that global landmark configurations were not represented more accurately than local landmark configurations and that survey knowledge acquisition was not impaired under time pressure. In contrast to prior findings, our results indicate the limitations of the utility of global landmarks for spatial knowledge acquisition.

摘要

压力状态对认知的影响已广为人知。但是，压力影响调查知识获取的方式仍未解决。对于本研究，我们调查了在压力任务中（即在时间压力下）调查知识的获取对于全球或局部地标的心理表示是否更准确。参与者借助导航辅助和针对不同地标配置的明确学习说明，在虚拟城市中导航。参与者对相对方向（JRD）的判断表明，全球地标配置没有比本地地标配置更准确地表示，并且在时间压力下也不会损害调查知识的获取。与先前的发现相反，