Inner Navigation: Why We Get Lost and How We Find Our Way
Inner Navigation: Why We Get Lost and How We Find Our Way by Erik Jonsson, Donald A. Norman
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0743222067 | 352 Pages | PDF | 80.1 MB
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0743222067 | 352 Pages | PDF | 80.1 MB
No matter how detailed a map may be, it omits some facets of the physical space it represents. When people enter such a space, their mind's eye fills in the omissions as they navigate, but nearly everyone (not just male motorists!) has had the experience of becoming lost in a mapped-out space, even a familiar one. With a lifelong interest in this type of bewilderment, Jonsson presents idiosyncratic anecdotes about getting lost. Inattention is certainly an element in such befuddlement, but Jonsson avers that more is involved. We possess a "cognitive map" that may not be precisely up-to-date with the actual physical space, which continually changes its appearance. We may also view the physical space from angles that may differ from the map in our minds, causing us to get turned around in familiar neighborhoods or unable to locate the car in the parking lot. Jonsson acquired his interest in these cognitive aspects of spatial sense while trekking through Scandinavian forests.