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      The aid of colour on visuospatial navigation of elderly people in a virtual polyclinic environment

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      Author(s)
      Kumoğlu-Süzer, Özge
      Olguntürk, Nilgün
      Date
      2018
      Source Title
      Color Research and Application
      Print ISSN
      0361-2317
      Publisher
      John Wiley and Sons
      Volume
      43
      Issue
      6
      Pages
      872 - 884
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      It is well documented that elderly people often have difficulties in finding their way in unfamiliar environments. In this study, we aimed to explore the usage of colour as visuospatial navigation tool for elderly people by testing in a virtually simulated polyclinic environment. We compared neutral, warm and cool coloured experiment settings to find out the effect of different colours on elderly people's visuospatial navigation performances. We conducted our experiment with 90 participants in two phases, each with a specific task (Route Replication and Picture Classification). The findings showed that neutral coloured setting affected participants' visuospatial navigation performances negatively compared to warm and cool coloured settings. However, there was no significant performance difference between warm and cool coloured environments. In addition to that, when they were asked to reach to the destination point, male participants spent shorter time, did fewer wrong turns, experienced fewer hesitations and traveled shorter distances compared to female participants. Currently, due to the increase in the elderly population, designing well-functioning interior spaces for the elderly has become a more pressing matter. We believe that the findings of this study will provide important clues for both interior designers and environmental psychologists.
      Keywords
      Colour
      Elderly
      Virtual reality
      Visuospatial navigation
      Wayfinding
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/49873
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22272
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