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Wayfinding In Complex Environments

Wayfinding in Complex Environments is a theoretical construct within the field of environmental cognition that specifies the cognitive and behavioral processes individuals employ to navigate and orient themselves in spatially intricate or unfamiliar settings characterized by high levels of ambiguity, multi-level connectivity, or information overload.

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291

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2017–2026

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106

Finding the Building in Wayfinding

John Peponis, Craig Zimring, Yoon Kyung Choi · Environment and Behavior · 1990 · 398 citations

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STRATEGIES FOR INDOOR WAYFINDING: THE ROLE OF ORIENTATION

Carol Lawton · Journal of Environmental Psychology · 1996 · 353 citations

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Wayfinding strategies and behaviors in large virtual worlds

Rudolph P. Darken, John L. Sibert · 1996 · 349 citations

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Up the down staircase: Wayfinding strategies in multi-level buildings

Christoph Hölscher, T Meilinger, Georg Vrachliotis et al. · Journal of Environmental Psychology · 2006 · 346 citations

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Navigating large virtual spaces

Rudolph P. Darken, John L. Sibert · International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction · 1996 · 306 citations

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Authors

291

  1. CH
    Christoph Hölscher

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    7 publications · 660 citations

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  2. RP
    Rudolph P. Darken

    Naval Postgraduate School, United States

    5 publications · 781 citations

    5

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  3. LA
    Leonel Aguilar

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    3 publications · 89 citations

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  4. EK
    Emily K. Farran

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 81 citations

    3

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  5. TM
    T Meilinger

    Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany

    3 publications · 456 citations

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Institutions

163

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    628 citations

  2. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    857 citations

  3. University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    2.2K citations

  4. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    624 citations

  5. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    139 citations

  6. George Washington University

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    727 citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

    Tübingen, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    456 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    603 citations

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  1. Journal of Environmental Psychology

    9 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. Environment and Behavior

    9 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Spatial Cognition and Computation

    4 publications · 121 citations

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  4. eScholarship (California Digital Library)

    Repository · 3 publications · 46 citations

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    3 publications · 177 citations

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