@article{0fce3afa17604327abef22ec4d5f2486,
title = "Which way is the bookstore? A closer look at the judgments of relative directions task",
abstract = "We present a detailed analysis of a widely used assay in human spatial cognition, the judgments of relative direction (JRD) task. We conducted three experiments involving virtual navigation interspersed with the JRD task, and included confidence judgments and map drawing as additional metrics. We also present a technique for assessing the similarity of the cognitive representations underlying performance on the JRD and map-drawing tasks. Our results support the construct validity of the JRD task and its connection to allocentric representation. Additionally, we found that chance performance on the JRD task depends on the distribution of the angles of participants{\textquoteright} responses, rather than being constant and 90 degrees. Accordingly, we present a method for better determining chance performance.",
keywords = "Cognitive map, group-level nonparametric permutation test, judgments of relative direction (JRD), map sketching, map-drawing task",
author = "Huffman, {Derek J.} and Ekstrom, {Arne D.}",
note = "Funding Information: Research supported by grants from NSF Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences [BCS-1630296] and NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [R01NS076856] awarded to Arne D. Ekstrom. Research also supported by a Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health [F32MH116577] awarded to Derek J. Huffman. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Funding Information: Research supported by grants from NSF Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences [BCS-1630296] and NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [R01NS076856] awarded to Arne D. Ekstrom. Research also supported by a Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health [F32MH116577] awarded to Derek J. Huffman. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank Rebecca Mata, Michelle Occhipinti, and Nikhil Jaha for assistance with data collection. We thank members of the Human Spatial Cognition Lab, especially Michael Starrett and Jared Stokes, for helpful conversations about this project. Finally, we thank the editor, Dr. Daniel Montello, and three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 Taylor & Francis.",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1080/13875868.2018.1531869",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "19",
pages = "93--129",
journal = "Spatial Cognition and Computation",
issn = "1387-5868",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "2",
}