Individuals learning to drive solo before age 18 have superior spatial navigation ability compared with those who learn later
Individuals learning to drive solo before age 18 have superior spatial navigation ability compared with those who learn later
A challenge associated with driving vehicles can be navigating to destinations. While driving experience would seem beneficial for improving navigation skill, it remains unclear how driving experience relates to wayfinding ability. Using the mobile video game-based wayfinding task Sea Hero Quest, which is predictive of real-world navigation, we measured wayfinding ability in US-based participants (n = 694, mean age = 26.8 years). We also asked travel-related self-report questions, including those relating to driving experience. A multiple linear regression model found that those who started driving solo below aged 18 had significantly better wayfinding ability than those starting to drive solo aged 18 and above.
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Yavuz, Emre, Manley, Ed, Gahnstrom, Christoffer J., Goodroe, Sarah, Coutrot, Antoine, Hornberger, Michael and Spiers, Hugo
(2023)
Individuals learning to drive solo before age 18 have superior spatial navigation ability compared with those who learn later.
Spatial Cognition & Computation, 24 (3), .
(doi:10.1101/2023.09.26.559011).
Abstract
A challenge associated with driving vehicles can be navigating to destinations. While driving experience would seem beneficial for improving navigation skill, it remains unclear how driving experience relates to wayfinding ability. Using the mobile video game-based wayfinding task Sea Hero Quest, which is predictive of real-world navigation, we measured wayfinding ability in US-based participants (n = 694, mean age = 26.8 years). We also asked travel-related self-report questions, including those relating to driving experience. A multiple linear regression model found that those who started driving solo below aged 18 had significantly better wayfinding ability than those starting to drive solo aged 18 and above.
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Individuals learning to drive solo before age 18 have superior spatial navigation ability compared with those who learn later
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Published date: 27 September 2023
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