Understanding Cognitive Saliency by Using an Online Game

Demet Yesiltepe; Ruth Conroy Dalton; Ayse Ozbil Torun; Michael Hornberger; Hugo Spiers

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-57983-8_6

Understanding Cognitive Saliency by Using an Online Game

Demet Yesiltepe, Ruth Conroy Dalton, Ayse Ozbil Torun, Michael Hornberger, Hugo Spiers

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Abstract

One of the most common definitions of saliency suggests that there are three categories for landmark saliency, these being visual, structural and cognitive [1]. A large number of studies have focused on the afore-mentioned categories; however, there appear to be fewer studies on cognitive saliency than on the other two types of landmark saliency. Hence, in this study, our goal is to better understand the cognitive saliency of potential landmarks. For this purpose, we used an online virtual game, Sea Hero Quest (SHQ), and asked people to watch videos of the game. In the videos, a boat navigates through a waterway/river environment and finds goal locations one by one. People then were asked to answer questions, which aimed to measure their cognitive saliency. Our results suggest that cognitive saliency is closely related to visual and structural saliency in unfamiliar environments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Spatial Cognition - 12th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Jurǵis Šķilters, Nora S. Newcombe, David Uttal
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	6
Pages	76-87
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-57983-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-57982-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57983-8_6
Publication status	Published - 25 Aug 2020

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12162 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Keywords

Landmarks
Navigation
Saliency
Spatial cognition
Virtual environments

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Yesiltepe, D., Dalton, R. C., Torun, A. O., Hornberger, M., & Spiers, H. (2020). Understanding Cognitive Saliency by Using an Online Game. In J. Šķilters, N. S. Newcombe, & D. Uttal (Eds.), Spatial Cognition - 12th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2020, Proceedings (pp. 76-87). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12162 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57983-8_6

Yesiltepe, Demet ; Dalton, Ruth Conroy ; Torun, Ayse Ozbil et al. / Understanding Cognitive Saliency by Using an Online Game. Spatial Cognition - 12th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2020, Proceedings. editor / Jurǵis Šķilters ; Nora S. Newcombe ; David Uttal. Springer, 2020. pp. 76-87 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Yesiltepe, D, Dalton, RC, Torun, AO, Hornberger, M & Spiers, H 2020, Understanding Cognitive Saliency by Using an Online Game. in J Šķilters, NS Newcombe & D Uttal (eds), Spatial Cognition - 12th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12162 LNAI, Springer, pp. 76-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57983-8_6

Understanding Cognitive Saliency by Using an Online Game. / Yesiltepe, Demet; Dalton, Ruth Conroy; Torun, Ayse Ozbil et al.

Spatial Cognition - 12th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Jurǵis Šķilters; Nora S. Newcombe; David Uttal. Springer, 2020. p. 76-87 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12162 LNAI).

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Yesiltepe D, Dalton RC, Torun AO, Hornberger M, Spiers H. Understanding Cognitive Saliency by Using an Online Game. In Šķilters J, Newcombe NS, Uttal D, editors, Spatial Cognition - 12th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2020, Proceedings. Springer. 2020. p. 76-87. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-57983-8_6

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