TY - JOUR

T1 - Time will not help unskilled observers to understand a cluttered spatial scene

AU - Tenbrink, T.

AU - Bergmann, E.

AU - Hertzberg, C.

AU - Gondorf, C.

PY - 2016/1/20

Y1 - 2016/1/20

N2 - When searching for people in collapsed buildings, Urban Search and Rescue workers need to comprehend a complex cluttered scene observed through an endoscope under time pressure. This paper addresses the effects of time pressure and spatial ability on the comprehension of a flm showing a mock-up collapsed room that was explored using endoscope-like technology. Participants' task was to find the objects that were hidden in the rubble, describe where they had found them, and draw the scene. Analysis focused on coherence and spatial specificity. Results indicate that spatial skills were most decisive for understanding and conceptually integrating the scene. Time pressure only affected the amount of objects found, not the degree of conceptual integration as re ected in the descriptions.

AB - When searching for people in collapsed buildings, Urban Search and Rescue workers need to comprehend a complex cluttered scene observed through an endoscope under time pressure. This paper addresses the effects of time pressure and spatial ability on the comprehension of a flm showing a mock-up collapsed room that was explored using endoscope-like technology. Participants' task was to find the objects that were hidden in the rubble, describe where they had found them, and draw the scene. Analysis focused on coherence and spatial specificity. Results indicate that spatial skills were most decisive for understanding and conceptually integrating the scene. Time pressure only affected the amount of objects found, not the degree of conceptual integration as re ected in the descriptions.

KW - Memory

KW - Representation

KW - Spatial Language

KW - Structure

KW - Visual Perception

U2 - 10.1080/13875868.2016.1143474

DO - 10.1080/13875868.2016.1143474

M3 - Article

VL - 16

SP - 192

EP - 219

JO - Spatial Cognition and Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal

JF - Spatial Cognition and Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal

SN - 1387-5868

IS - 3

ER -