Abstract
The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the influence of the direction of sight on the construction of the cognitive map. Specifically, we investigated the effect of direction of sight on cognitive maps by quantifying the accuracy of cognitive maps and scene memories when the direction of sight coincided with the direction of movement and when it did not, and by comparing and analyzing these results. In the experiment, subjects were first presented with a 13-minute drive recorder image of a leftward or forward view, and then asked to draw a map (cognitive map). Next, subjects were presented with an image of a landmark and asked to answer whether the landmark was present in the video or not (location recognition). Comparing the average correct response rates for leftward and forward sightline path changes on the generated route maps, we confirmed that the correct response rate for forward sightline path changes was about 30% higher than that for leftward sightline path changes, a significant difference. In the location recognition experiment, there was no significant difference in the correct recognition rate between leftward and forward sightlines, with an average of about 70%.
