Benjamins, E. (Eric) (2011) Human route selection: Relation between selected environmental variables and route preference. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
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Abstract
Previous studies indicate that the size of the afforded travel space, corridor position and inter corridor distance influence human route selection (Fajen & Warren, 2003; Patla et al. 2007). As of yet no systematical research exists on how these variables affect human route selection and how they interact. Therefore in this study these variables were varied systematically. Twenty subjects had to travel through multiple fields that consisted of two lanes. Subjects had to choose one lane to a designated goal. In each travelable lane there was an obstacle altered to form a alternate corridor. The location and width of the corridors was changed to vary the relative size of the afforded travel space, corridor positioning and inter corridor distance variables. Six subjects where equipped with a mobile gaze tracking device to establish whether gaze patterns match the subjects' lane choice. The present results show that the size of travelable space and the approach angle influence human route selection, and that human route selection is controlled in a feedforward fashion. The results also show that there was no specific gaze pattern linked to the subjects' lane choices, suggesting that people possibly use their active gaze to check for safety, and adjust to the information extracted from the environment, but do not use active gaze to select routes.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Thesis) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Supervisor: and Otter, A.R. den |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2020 11:06 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 11:06 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2554 |
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