Gender effects and inter-individual differences in map-aided route-following

Route-following with maps provides an interesting test-bed for inter-individual differences and gender effects. Nonetheless, research does not yet provide a clear picture concerning the precise sources of differences between individuals and genders in such tasks. In this strategic project, we aim at investigating these differences in a novel way by using diagnostic tasks to identify sources of difficulty on the individual level. The findings will then be used to implement a cognitive model that explains and predicts individual errors based on shortcomings in basic map-related skills. As a long-term perspective the project aims at training navigators to optimize their map use and strategies for error recovery.

contact person: Kuhnmünch, G.

Start of project: 2011
End of project: 2013

Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Ferstl, EC, Ragni, M, Hölscher, C
Institut für Psychologie
Abt. Kognitionswissenschaft und Genderforschung
Hebelstr. 10
79104 Freiburg i. Br.
Germany

Phone: 0761 / 2034933
Fax: 0761 / 2034938
Email: sekretariat@cognition.uni-freiburg.de
http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/
Actual Research Report

• Kuhnmünch
• G
• Sonntag
• T
• Kuhnert
• B

• SFB/TR8, DFG