Résumés
Résumé
Cette étude examine l’apprentissage d’un nouvel environnement par des adultes avec et sans déficience intellectuelle (DI) de même âge chronologique. Suite à l’exploration active d’un environnement virtuel simulant un milieu urbain, nous avons évalué la mémorisation des points de repère, l’apprentissage de routes et la capacité à inférer des trajets nouveaux ou des raccourcis non appris auparavant. Les résultats indiquent que les participants de chaque groupe reconnaissent les points de repère et apprennent les routes à travers cet environnement. Cependant, les participants présentant une déficience intellectuelle infèrent peu de chemins nouveaux. Ainsi, la familiarité avec un environnement favorise l’acquisition des connaissances spatiales chez les deux groupes de participants qui se distinguent en revanche par l’accès aux représentations spatiales complexes.
Abstract
This study examines learning a new environment by adults with and without intellectual disabilities (ID) of the same chronological age. Following the active exploration of a virtual environment simulating an urban environment, we evaluated the memory benchmarks, learning routes and the ability to infer new routes not previously learned or shortcuts. The results indicate that the participants in each group recognize landmarks and learn the routes through this environment. However, participants with intellectual disabilities infer some new paths. Thus, familiarity with an environment promotes the acquisition of space knowledge for the two groups of participants who are striking for access to complex spatial representations.
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