کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
885634 912831 2012 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Planning routes around the world: International evidence for southern route preferences
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روان شناسی کاربردی
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Planning routes around the world: International evidence for southern route preferences
چکیده انگلیسی

Three studies test whether the southern route preference, which describes the tendency for route planners to disproportionately select south- rather than north-going routes, can be attributed to regional elevation patterns; specifically, we ask whether this effect replicates in three topographically disparate international regions, one of which is characterized by higher elevations to the north and lower to the south (Padua, Italy), and two characterized by higher elevations to the south and lower to the north (Enschede, Netherlands; Sofia, Bulgaria). In all cases, we found strong evidence that route planners disproportionately select south- rather than north-going routes at rates exceeding chance. We conclude that the southern route preference is driven by strong associations between canonical direction and perceived effort of route traversal; these effects are somewhat perplexing given that such associations are not founded in the reality of physical space.


► First international investigation of spatial heuristics biasing route planning.
► Southern route preferences demonstrated across multiple geographic regions.
► Southern route preferences appear driven by pervasive implicit associations between vertical axis and canonical direction.
►  Southern route preferences cannot be accounted for by local geographic topography.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Environmental Psychology - Volume 32, Issue 4, December 2012, Pages 297–304
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