Graduate student
Navigation, wayfinding and environmental design
My current interest focuses on how the configuration of an environment can affect a person's accuracy at wayfinding through novel environments. Research borne from the fields of architecture and urban planning, known as space syntax, has argued that a significant proportion of our wayfinding behaviour can be accounted for by spatial configuration alone. However, the degree to which visual attention, memory, and arousal can shift this effect around remains unclear.
Contact Information
Office: Psychology, Anthropology, and Sociology (PAS) building 2235
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 35060
Email: krbarton@uwaterloo.ca