| Project/Area Number |
63550444
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
建築計画・都市計画
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
ARAKI Hyoichiro Kansai University, Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (00067547)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ADACHI Kei Kansai University, Engineering, Assistant, 工学部, 助手 (50140249)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1988 – 1990
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Keywords | Mentally Retarded / Demential Elderly / Walking Environment / Barriers Free Design / Wayfinding Behavior / Hye Fixation Behavior / Eye Mark Method / 視覚情報注視 / アイマ-ク / 視覚情報注意 / 誘導歩行 / 探索行動 / 障害者の注視傾向 / 痴呆性老人施設計画 / アイマーク実験 |
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| Research Abstract |
The object of this study is to evaluate way-finding process and architectural considerations for persons with perceptional disorder such as the mentally retarded and the elderly with dementia, through two experimental methods.
One is way-finding experiment with observational method in different types of walking settings, such as linear corridors, T-shape corridors, stair cases and so on.
The other one is to analyze eye fixation behavior on visual stimuli represented walking environment.
As a result of way-finding experiment, persons with severely disorders have much difficulties in any settings, while persons with moderate disorders' have some difficulties at intersections and much difficulties to manipulate an elevator. For the persons with moderate disorders, repeated and redundant cues are essential to help way-finding.
As a result of eye fixation experiment, eye movements in the elderly with dementia are less active. And the range of eye points and scan paths in the mentally retarded is rather extended and eye fixations are scattered, while the range in the elderly with dementia is significantly limited and biased toward the center of presenting figures. However, we infer that the level of perception in the both groups can be raised to some extent by emphasized visual stimuli such as clear contrast, moving and flashing.
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