ABSTRACT

Reorientation depends greatly on the perceived geometric information, which constantly changes during navigation in urban environments. Environmental novelty, as a driver of exploratory behavior, is likely to engender this spatial Aha! moment. The paper investigates the contribution of two qualitatively different types of novelty, corresponding to distinct visuospatial cues: (a) situations that cause surprise, e.g., a sudden change in spaciousness; versus (b) situations that engender mystery, e.g., a change in the complexity of visuospatial information and the promise of gaining new information. Visibility graph analysis is used to quantify and examine these hypotheses in relation to participants’ exploratory behavior and brain dynamics (EEG) during virtual navigation. The findings suggest that reorientation is a spatial boundary effect, associated primarily with a change in visuospatial complexity.

摘要

重新定向在很大程度上取决于感知的几何信息，这些信息在城市环境中的导航过程中不断变化。环境新奇作为探索行为的驱动力，很可能会产生这种空间啊哈！片刻。这篇论文研究了两种不同类型的新奇的贡献，对应于不同的视觉空间线索：(a) 引起惊讶的情况，例如，空间的突然变化；相对于（b）产生神秘感的情况，例如，视觉空间信息复杂性的变化和获得新信息的承诺。可见性图分析用于量化和检查与参与者在虚拟导航期间的探索行为和大脑动力学 (EEG) 相关的这些假设。研究结果表明，重新定向是一种空间边界效应，