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Bakdash, J.Z., Linkenauger, S.A., and, Proffitt, D.R. (2008). Comparing decision-making vs. control for learning a virtual environment: Backseat drivers learn where they are going. In Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2008 Conference Proceedings.A considerable amount of research has been conducted on the role interactivity, active versus passive navigation, for learning the spatial layout of a virtual environment (VE). However, active navigation is not unitary. It has two distinct components: decision-making and control. In the present work we investigated which main component of active navigation was critical for acquiring spatial knowledge of a virtual city. We found that spatial knowledge was comparable when the VE was learned with active navigation or decision-making in the absence of control, but was much worse when only control was present. These
results suggest decision-making, not control, is the critical component for learning a VE.
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