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本研究探讨了两种寻路策略与三种导航方式对寻路行为绩效的影响并分析了该效应的性别差异。实验被试120名，实验结果显示：在VR迷宫场景中寻路，对男性而言，定向策略的使用情况是影响导航方式绩效的重要因素。对不擅长使用定向策略的男性而言，标志导航最佳，标志与YAH地图并存时次之，YAH地图导航最差。其中，标志导航与YAH地图导航绩效差异显著。而对擅长使用定向策略的男性而言，导航方式的类型对寻路绩效的影响不显著。导航方式的类型对女性寻路影响显著，其中，标志导航最佳，标志与YAH地图并存时次之，YAH地图导航最差。该研究结果可为导航支持系统的界面设计提供依据。
본연구탐토료량충심로책략여삼충도항방식대심로행위적효적영향병분석료해효응적성별차이。실험피시120명，실험결과현시：재VR미궁장경중심로，대남성이언，정향책략적사용정황시영향도항방식적효적중요인소。대불천장사용정향책략적남성이언，표지도항최가，표지여YAH지도병존시차지，YAH지도도항최차。기중，표지도항여YAH지도도항적효차이현저。이대천장사용정향책략적남성이언，도항방식적류형대심로적효적영향불현저。도항방식적류형대녀성심로영향현저，기중，표지도항최가，표지여YAH지도병존시차지，YAH지도도항최차。해연구결과가위도항지지계통적계면설계제공의거。
The wayfinding strategy and the navigational support mode are two important factors in human wayfinding behavior. Although many lines of evidences have displayed the gender differences in the use of wayfinding strategy and the effectiveness of some navigational support designs, the interaction of these two factors still remained to be studied. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of gender, wayfinding strategy and navigational support mode on wayfinding behavior. 120 subjects were screened by the classic Wayfinding Strategy Scale developed by Lawton and then were assigned to different navigational support mode in a VR maze program scripted with 3Dmax and Virtools. In the practice stage, the subjects were required to get familiar with the operation rules, such as moving forward or backward, turning left or right by pressing the cursor keys. Then, the subjects entered the formal test, in which they were asked to arrive at the exit of the maze as quickly as possible with the aid of a given navigational support mode. The navigation time and the route map were recorded when the subjects successfully completed the task. Firstly, our data showed that the navigation time in males with lower-score in orientation strategy was the shortest under the condition of the guide sign support in the VR maze, while it was the longest under the condition of the YAH map support. Moreover, they were significantly different between the two treatments. However, the effect of the navigational support mode on wayfinding performance was not significantly different in the males with higher score in orientation strategy. These data indicated that orientation strategy was an important factor to predict the male＇s navigational performance. Secondly, our data also showed that the effect of the navigational support mode on the female＇s wayfinding performance was statistically significant. The navigation time was the shortest under the condition of the guide sign support, and it was the longest under the condition of the YAH map support. The results have shown that the effectiveness of navigational support depends on the user＇s gender and wayfinding strategy, which can be used to evaluate the interface designs of navigational support systems. The future study on other kinds of navigational support（e.g., track-up YAH map） and measuring metrics （e.g., employing the eye-tracking technology） would be helpful to elucidate the interactions among gender, navigational support mode, and wayfinding strategy.