Navigation
My research on navigation combines behavioural and neuroimaging techniques in order to investigate how spatial information is encoded and used to guide navigation. I am interested in understanding individual differences in navigation ability and the extent to which locomotion and wayfinding can depend on amodal spatial representations. Many of my experiments are conducted in controlled laboratory settings and this has led me to develop a variety of virtual environments and navigation tests. Recently, I have also become interested in crowd navigation and agent based modelling.
During my postdoctoral work at the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC), I developed (together with Drew Dara-Abrams) one of the first objective tests of navigation ability (Virtual Ambler). Currently known as Virtual Silcton, this project is now managed by Professor Steven Weisberg at the University of Florida.
