Ruth Dalton

The paper examines cultural influences on self-estimated navigation ability versus actual performance across 46 countries using a large sample.

The paper links street network entropy in childhood environments to spatial navigation ability in adulthood using a global video game-based cognitive task.

The paper tests if virtual navigation on a mobile app predicts real-world wayfinding performance and finds a significant correlation and male advantage in both tasks.

The paper investigates how global economic and cultural factors influence spatial navigation ability across 2.5 million people, finding five clustered groups linked to wealth and gender inequality.