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Spatial Cognition and Navigation

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Christos Papakostas
University of West Attica
2
Janet K. Gibbs
Goldsmiths University of London
3
Fariba Mostajeran
Universität Hamburg
4
Théophile Gervet
Carnegie Mellon University
5
Michal Gath-Morad
University of Cambridge
6
Hugo C. Gómez-Tone
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
7
Laura Miola
University of Padua
8
Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy Yousef
Fayoum University
9
Sahand Azarby
North Carolina State University
10
Yangming Shi
Colorado School of Mines

Rising Stars Papers

1
Artificial Intelligence in Religious Education: Ethical, Pedagogical, and Theological Perspectives
Religions|2025
40 cit.
2
The role of strategic visibility in shaping wayfinding behavior in multilevel buildings
Scientific Reports|2024
25 cit.
3
Faith in Frames: Constructing a Digital Game‐Based Learning Framework for Religious Education
Teaching Theology & Religion|2024
22 cit.
4
Designing affective workplace environments: The impact of typology, contour, ceiling and partition height on cognitive and aesthetic appraisal
Building and Environment|2024
19 cit.
5
Bridging Church History, Geopolitics, and Digital Education: A New Approach to Teaching Religious Heritage
Teaching Theology & Religion|2025
10 cit.
6
Analyzing Cognitive Demands and Detection Thresholds for Redirected Walking in Immersive Forest and Urban Environments
Unknown Journal|2024
8 cit.
7
Integrating Bayesian Knowledge Tracing and Human Plausible Reasoning in an Adaptive Augmented Reality System for Spatial Skill Development
Information|2025
8 cit.
8
The effect of micro gamified online homework on gameful experience, intrinsic motivation, engagement, and cognitive load
Education and Information Technologies|2024
6 cit.
9
Characterization of conception drawing in architecture to face technological mediations
Frontiers of Architectural Research|2024
5 cit.
10
‘Rightsize’: a housing design game for spatial and energy sufficiency
Buildings and Cities|2024
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Jiejie Zhu
Xidian University
2
Joseph Fordham
Michigan State University
3
Carmen Llinares
Universitat Politècnica de València
4
Edita Tverijonaite
University of Iceland
5
Elizabeth Chiarello
Washington University in St. Louis
6
Katherine L. Boice
Vanderbilt University
7
Sharla MacKinnon
Rainy River Community College
8
Elizabeth R. Chrastil
University of California, Irvine
9
Danielle Oprean
University of Missouri
10
Jonathan D. Ericson
Brown University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Understanding Differences in Wayfinding Strategies
Topics in Cognitive Science|2022
82 cit.
2
Theta oscillations support active exploration in human spatial navigation
NeuroImage|2022
59 cit.
3
How close is too close? Mapping the impact area of renewable energy infrastructure on tourism
Energy Research & Social Science|2022
32 cit.
4
Trojan Horse Technologies: Smuggling Criminal-Legal Logics into Healthcare Practice
American Sociological Review|2023
30 cit.
5
Exploring teachers' understanding and implementation of STEAM: one size does not fit all
Frontiers in Education|2024
28 cit.
6
Influence of Eu2O3 on microstructure and electrical properties of ZnO-Pr6O11 based varistors
Ceramics International|2023
19 cit.
7
Exploring lighting conditions to reduce energy consumption and improve cognitive performance using immersive virtual environments
Energy and Buildings|2023
11 cit.
8
Effect of Source Field Plate Cracks on the Electrical Performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMT Devices
Crystals|2022
10 cit.
9
Political affiliation moderates subjective interpretations of COVID-19 graphs
Big Data & Society|2022
9 cit.
10
Wilderness: a resource or a sanctuary? Views of tourism service providers
Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism|2023
9 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Mary Hegarty
University of California System
2
Fred Paas
UNSW Sydney
3
Elizabeth S. Spelke
William James College
4
Nora S. Newcombe
Temple College
5
Chris Frith
University of London
6
Camilla Persson Benbow
Vanderbilt University
7
Barbara Tversky
Stanford University
8
Pascal Giraux
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne
9
Timothy P. McNamara
Vanderbilt University
10
Holger Regenbrecht
University of Otago

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design
Educational Psychology Review|1998
5.6k cit.
2
Empathy for Pain Involves the Affective but not Sensory Components of Pain
Science|2004
3.9k cit.
3
Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2000
3.2k cit.
4
Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Design: Recent Developments
Educational Psychologist|2003
2.8k cit.
5
The mental representation of parity and number magnitude.
Journal of Experimental Psychology General|1993
2.5k cit.
6
Cognitive Load Measurement as a Means to Advance Cognitive Load Theory
Educational Psychologist|2003
2.5k cit.
7
Development and neurophysiology of mentalizing
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2003
2.3k cit.
8
The Experience of Presence: Factor Analytic Insights
PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality|2001
2.2k cit.
9
Training strategies for attaining transfer of problem-solving skill in statistics: A cognitive-load approach.
Journal of Educational Psychology|1992
2k cit.
10
Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later
Educational Psychology Review|2019
1.9k cit.

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