Abstract
This paper aims to find out influences of different types of mental representations, namely a perceptual relevant or a motor relevant representation, on "sense of direction" and on wayfinding behavior in an unfamiliar large-scale environment. The mental representation of each subject is supposed to be formed by a different instruction at the outset of guided route learning through the environment. The results show that the mental representation has some extent of effects on environmental cognition in terms of the sense of direction and cognitive mapping products and on the wayfinding strategy according to the type of given instruction to subject.
