Tuesday 12, 2006 - Rome
09.00 12.00 Registrations
Aula Magna
12.00 12.20 Welcome from the ICSC 2006 Organizers
12.20 13.20 Keynote
| Finding and losing your way in the world: Neurocognitive studies on spatial memory | |
| Albert Postma | |
| Psychological Laboratory, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
13.20 14.20 Lunch & Poster Session (Odd numbers)
Room 3
14.20 15.40 Symposium The cognition of geographic space and cognitive mapping in disabled persons
Convenor: Marcia Scherer
| 14.20 14.40 | Spatial knowledge acquisition: Using technology, training, and techniques to enhance spatial learning for two special populations |
| James R. Marston | |
| Department of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| 14.40 15.00 | Wayfinding tasks in visually impaired people: the role of tactile maps |
| P. Caddeo, F. Fornara, Anna M. Nenci, A. Piroddi | |
| University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy |
| 15.00 15.20 | Assistive technologies in spatial environments |
| Cathy Bodine | |
| Health Sciences Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA |
| 15.20 15.40 | Selecting the most appropriate technology: The need to assess the match of person and device |
| Marcia Scherer | |
| Institute for Matching Person & Technology, Webster, New York, USA |
16.00 16.40 Coffee Break
16.40 18.00 Symposium Spatial Representations in Human Factors / Ergonomics Research
Convenor: Francesco Di Nocera
| 16.40 17.00 | Spatial Representations in Human Factors / Ergonomics Research |
| Francesco Di Nocera | |
| Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy |
| 17.00 17.20 | Improving spatial awareness in the aircraft cockpit: Partially supporting evidence for the concept of scene-linking |
| Bernd Lorenz, Anthea Kuritz-Kaiser, Sven Schmerwitz, Helmut Többen | |
| German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Flight Guidance, Braunschweig, Germany |
| 17.20 17.40 | An overview of spatial auditory displays |
| Nandini Iyer, Brian Simpson, Douglas Brungart | |
| Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, USA |
| 17.40 18.00 | Shifting attention across spaces while driving: are hands-free mobile phones really safer? |
| Sabrina Fagioli, Fabio Ferlazzo | |
| Cognitive Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy |
Room 4
14.20 15.00 Session Spatial cognition in environmental psychology
Chair: Terence Lee
| 14.20 14.40 | Space syntax in a wayfinding task |
| Anna M. Nenci, Renato Troffa | |
| LUMSA University, Rome, Italy |
| 14.40 15.00 | Spatial Cognition as a Tool for the Design of Mediated Spaces |
| Marianthi Liapi | |
| School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 15.00 15.20 | Aesthetic, perception and preference for historical and modern buildings |
| Marina Mura, Renato Troffa | |
| University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy |
16.00 16.40 Coffee Break
16.40 18.20 Session Navigating in real world environments
Chair: Francesca Pazzaglia
| 17.00 17.20 | A Framework for Assessing the Salience of Landmarks for Wayfinding Tasks |
| David Caduff, Sabine Timpf | |
| University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 17.20 17.40 | CADMUS: Use of affordances in cognitive modeling for wayfinding |
| Pierre-Emmanuel Michon, David Duguay, Geoffrey Edwards | |
| Centre de Recherche en Géomatique, Pavillon Louis Jacques Casault, Université Laval, Quebec City,Canada |
| 17.40 18.00 | Promoting Successful Indoor Traveling in Persons with Multiple Disabilities through the Use of Electronic Orientation Systems |
| Giulio Lancioni | |
| University of Bari, Bari, Italy |
| 18.00 18.20 | Spatial cognition and wayfinding strategy during building fire |
| L. Hajibabai, M. R. Delavar, M. R. Malek, A. U. Frank | |
| Center of Excellence in Geomatics Engineering and Disaster Management, Dept. of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering, Engineering Faculty, University of Teheran, Teheran, Iran |