Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wilson, Judy
• Curzon, Paul
• Duncker, Elke

Titel

Exploring older women's confidence during route planning

Ist Teil von

• Behaviour & information technology, 2015-07, Vol.34 (7), p.725-740

Ort / Verlag

London: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In-car route guidance is automatic, requiring a minimum of time and thinking. This paper explores the use of personalised information when providing instructions for navigating a journey. We focus on older women with a lifetime of experience. Ten female participants were interviewed to elicit their comfort zone with respect to navigating in a car from their own home. Two routes were then devised for each participant, which extended beyond this comfort zone, and presented to them in two different formats. Participants then navigated the route of their least preferred format. Questionnaires and interviews were used to explore the effects of the formats on their confidence, cognitive effort and use of cognitive mapping facilities. The questionnaire data showed that the more detailed instructions supported cognitive mapping processes and the interviews suggested that this support was valued prior to executing the route.