Our Publications

Doctoral Dissertations

Kapaj, A. (2023). Landmark Visualization on Mobile Maps–Effects on Visual Attention, Spatial Learning, and Cognitive Load during Map-Aided Real-World Navigation of Pedestrians (University of Zurich). https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-234860.

Cheng, B. (2023). Human spatial navigation in the digital era: Effects of landmark depiction on mobile maps on navigators’ spatial learning and brain activity during assisted navigation (University of Zurich). https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-237559.

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Journal Papers Refereed

@article{ying2024car,
  title={How do in-car navigation aids impair expert navigators’ spatial learning ability?},
  author={Ying, Q. and  Dong, W. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Annals of the American Association of Geographers},
  year={2024}
}

@article{lanini-maggi2024positive,
  title={The positive effect of blue luminescent pathways on urban park visitor’s affective states: A virtual reality online study measuring facial expressions and self-reports},
  author={Lanini-Maggi, S. and  Lanz, M. and Hilton, C. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science},
  year={2024}
}

@article{kapaj2024influence,
  title={The influence of landmark visualization style on task performance, visual attention, and spatial learning in a real-world navigation task},
  author={Kapaj, A. and Hilton, C. and Lanini-Maggi, S. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Spatial Cognition \& Computation},
  year={2024}
}

@article{hilton2024fixation,
  title={Fixation-related potentials during mobile map assisted navigation in the real world: the effect of landmark visualisation style},
  author={Hilton, C. and Kapaj, A. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Attention, Perception, \& Psychophysics},
  year={2024}
}

@article{conroy2024uncertainty,
  title={Uncertainty in Humanities Network Visualization},
  author={Conroy, M. and Gillmann, C. and Harvey, F. and Mchedlidze, T. and Fabrikant, S.I. and Windhager, F. and Scheuermann, G. and Weingart, S. and Tangherlini, T. and Warren, C.N. and Rehbein, M. and Borner, K. and Elo, K. and Jäncke, S. and Kerren, A. and Nöllenburg, M. and Dwyer, T. and Eide, Ø. and Kobourov, S. and Betz, G.},
  journal={Frontiers in Communication: Visual Communication},
  year={2024}
}

@article{kuster2023viewing,
  title={How does your viewing perspective matter for decision making with flood risk maps},
  author={Kuster, F. and Ruginski, I. T. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Cartography and Geographic Information Science},
  year={2023}
}

@article{lanini-maggi2023limiting,
  title={Limiting the reliance on navigation assistance with navigation instructions containing emotionally salient narratives for confident wayfinding},
  author={Lanini-Maggi, S. and Hilton, C. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Journal of Environmental Psychology},
  year={2023}
}

@article{fabrikant2023neuroadaptive,
  title={Neuroadaptive mobile geographic information displays: an emerging cartographic research frontier},
  author={Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={International Journal of Cartography},
  year={2023}
}

@article{fabrikant2023neuroadaptive,
  title={Neuroadaptive LBS: Towards human–, context–, and task-adaptive mobile geographic information displays to support spatial learning for pedestrian navigation},
  author={Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Journal of Location Based Services},
  year={2023}
}

@article{tominski2023visualizing,
  title={Visualizing Uncertainty in Sets},
  author={Tominski, C. and Behrisch, M. and Bleisch, S. and Fabrikant, S.I. and Mayr, E. and Miksch, S. and Purchase, H.},
  journal={IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications},
  year={2023}
}

@article{hilton2023landmark,
  title={Landmark sequence learning from real-world route navigation and the impact of navigation aid visualisation style},
  author={Hilton, C. and Kapaj, A. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Journal of Cognition},
  year={2023}
}

@article{kapaj2023design,
  title={How does the design of landmarks on a mobile map influence wayfinding experts’ spatial learning during a real-world navigation task?},
  author={Kapaj, A. and Lanini-Maggi, S. and Hilton, C. and Cheng, B. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Cartography and Geographic Information Science},
  year={2023}
}

@article{cheng2023using,
  title={Using spontaneous eye blink-related brain activity to investigate cognitive load during mobile map-assisted navigation},
  author={Cheng, B. and Lin, E. and Wunderlich, A. and Gramann, K. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Frontiers in Neuroscience},
  year={2023}
}

@article{cheng2022effect,
  title={The effect of landmark visualization in mobile maps on brain activity during navigation: A virtual reality study},
  author={Cheng, B. and Wunderlich, A. and Gramann, K. and Lin, E. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Frontiers in Virtual Reality},
  year={2022}
}

@article{ruginski2022designing,
  title={Designing mobile spatial navigation systems from the user’s perspective: an interdisciplinary review},
  author={Ruginski, I. and Giudice, N. and Creem-Regehr, S. and Ishikawa, T.},
  journal={Spatial Cognition \& Computation},
  year={2022},
  number={1-2},
  pages={1-29}
}

@article{lin2022power,
  title={Does power increase attention to rewards? Examining the brain and behavior},
  author={Lin, E. and Schmid, P. C.},
  journal={Journal of Experimental Social Psychology},
  year={2022},
  pages={104332}
}

@article{reichenbacher2022continuous,
  title={Continuous ambulatory assessment and analysis of in-situ map app use behaviour},
  author={Reichenbacher, T. and Aliakbarian, M. and Gosh, A. and Fabrikant, S.I.},
  journal={Journal of Location Based Services},
  year={2022},
  number={3},
  pages={181-207}
}

@article{weber2022virtual,
  title={Virtual Reality as a Tool for Political Decision-Making? An Empirical Study on the Power of Immersive Images on Voting Behavior},
  author={Weber, W. and Dingerkus, F. and Fabrikant, S.I. and Zampa, M. and West, M. and and Yildirim, O.},
  journal={Frontiers in Visual Communication},
  year={2022},
  number={},
  pages={}
}

@article{bartling2022adapting,
  title={Adapting mobile map application designs to map use context: a review and call for action on potential future research themes},
  author={Bartling, M. and Resch, B. and Reichenbacher, T. and Havasa, C. R. and Robinson, A. C. and Fabrikant, S.I. and Blaschke, T.},
  journal={Cartography and Geographic Information Science},
  year={2022},
  number={3},
  pages={237-251}
}

@article{lanini-maggi2021assessing,
  title={Assessing how visual search entropy and engagement predict performance in a multiple-objects tracking air traffic control task},
  author={Lanini-Maggi, S. and Ruginski, I. T. and Shipley, T. F. and Hurter, C. and Duchowski, A. T. and Briesemeister, B. B. and Lee, J. and Fabrikant, S. I.},
  journal={Computers in Human Behavior Reports},
  year={2021},
  pages={100127}
}

@article{tominski2021toward,
  title={Toward flexible visual analytics augmented through smooth display transitions},
  author={Tominski, C. and Andrienko, G. and Andrienko, N. and Bleisch, S. and Fabrikant, S.I. and Mayr, E. and Miksch, S. and Pohl, M. and Skupin, A.},
  journal={Visual Informatics},
  year={2021},
  number={3},
  pages={28-38}
}

@article{staub2021public,
  title={Public health interventions, epidemic growth, and regional variation of the 1918 influenza pandemic outbreak in a Swiss Canton and its greater regions},
  author={Staub, K. and Jüni, P. and Urner, M. and Matthes, K. L. and Leuch, C. and Gemperle, G. and Bender, N. and Fabrikant, S.I. and Puhan, M. and Rühli, F. and Gruebner, O. and Floris, J.},
  journal={Annals of Internal Medicine},
  year={2021},
  number={4},
  pages={533-539}
}

@article{christen2021susceptibility,
  title={Susceptibility of domain experts to color manipulation indicate a need for design principles in data visualization},
  author={Christen, M, and Brugger, P. and Fabrikant, S.I.},
  journal={PLoS ONE},
  year={2021},
  number={2},
  pages={}
}

@article{korporaal2020effects,
  title={Effects of Uncertainty Visualization on Map-Based Decision Making Under Time Pressure},
  author={Korporaal, M. and Ruginski, I.T. and Fabrikant, S.I.},
  journal={Frontiers in Computer Science},
  year={2020},
  number={32},
  pages={}
}

Conference Papers

Full Papers

Fabrikant, S. I. (2022). Neuro-adaptive LBS: Towards human- and context-adaptive mobile geographic information displays (mGIDs) to support spatial learning for pedestrian navigation. In: Krisp, J., L. Meng, Kumke, H., Huang, H. (Eds.), Proceedings, 17th International Conference on Location Based Services (LBS 2022). Augsburg University, Munich/Augsburg, Germany, Sep. 12-14, 2022: 48–58.

@inproceedings{thrash2019future,
  title={The Future of Geographic Information Displays from GIScience, Cartographic, and Cognitive Science Perspectives (Vision Paper)},
  author={Thrash, T and Lanini-Maggi, S. and Fabrikant, S.I. and Bertel,S. and Brügger, A. and Credé, S. and Do, C.-T. and Gartner, G. and Huang, H. and Münzer, S. and Richter, K.-F.},
  booktitle={14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2019)},
  year={2019},
  volume={142},
  series={Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  pages={19:1--19:11},
  publisher={Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address={Dagstuhl, Germany}
}

Short Papers & Posters

Cheng, B., Lin, E., Gramann, K., Wunderlich, A. (2022). Eye blink-related brain potentials during landmark-based navigation in virtual reality. In T. Ishikawa, S. I. Fabrikant, & S. Winter (Eds.), COSIT 2022: 15th Conference on Spatial Information Theory. To appear in Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 240. DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2022.28.

Kapaj, A., Lin, E., Lanini-Maggi, S. (2022): The effect of abstract vs. realistic 3D visualization on landmark and route knowledge acquisition. In T. Ishikawa, S. I. Fabrikant, & S. Winter (Eds.), COSIT 2022: 15th Conference on Spatial Information Theory. To appear in Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 240. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2022.15.

Cheng, B., Ruginski, I.T., Fabrikant, S.I. (2020/1): Enhancing Spatial Learning During Navigation by Optimizing Landmark Density on Digital Maps. In: Bartušēvica , S., Zariņa, L., Šķilters, J. (Eds.). Book of Abstracts, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, August 2–4, DOI: 10.22364/SC2020.1.  

Cheng, B., Ruginski, I.T., Wunderlich, A., Gramann, K., Fabrikant, S.I. (2021): Effect of cognitive load on spatial learning during navigation: a virtual reality study. International Neuroergonomics Conference 2021, Sep. 11-15, 2021. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Fakultät für Mathematik, Informatik und Statistik, Munich, Germany.

Kapaj, A., Lanini-Maggi, S., and Fabrikant, S. I. (2021): The impact of landmark visualization style on expert wayfinders’ cognitive load during navigation, Abstr. Int. Cartogr. Assoc., 3, 138, https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-3-138-2021.

Kuster, F., Ruginski, I. T., and Fabrikant, S. I. (2021): Take That Flood: Does your perspective matter?, Abstr. Int. Cartogr. Assoc., 3, 167, https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-3-167-2021.

Kapaj, A., Lanini-Maggi, S., Fabrikant, S. I. (2020/1). The influence of landmark visualization style on expert wayfinders’ visual attention during a real-world navigation task. Proceedings (short papers), 11th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Sep. 27–30, 2020/1, Poznan, Poland. DOI: 10.25436/E2NP44.

Lanini-Maggi, S., Ruginski, I.T., and Fabrikant, S. I. (2020/1). Improving pedestrians’ spatial learning during landmark-based navigation with auditory emotional cues and narrative. Proceedings (short papers), 11th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Sep. 27–30, 2020/1, Poznan, Poland. DOI: 10.25436/E26P43.

Cheng, B., Ruginski, I.T., Fabrikant, S. I. (2020/1). Enhancing Spatial Learning During extended abstracts, Navigation by Optimizing Landmark Density on Digital Maps. In: Bartušēvica , S., short papers, etc. Zariņa, L., Šķilters, J. (Eds.). Book of Abstracts, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, Aug. 2–4: 28-29, DOI: 10.22364/SC2020.1.

Ruginski, I.T. (2020). Ethical conceptual replication of visualization research considering sources of methodological bias and practical significance. VisPsych 2020 Workshop, IEEE Visualization Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.12152.

Our Talks and Presentations

2022

Sara Irina Fabrikant. The Risky Business of Visualizing Known Unknowns for Decision Making with Maps. Virtual Keynote, 17th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging, and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, Feb. 8, 2022, online streaming by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC).​

Wibke Weber, Ester Reijnen, Sara Irina Fabrikant, Filip Dingerkus (presenter), Reto Ritter. Virtual Reality versus Abstimmungsbüchlein. An empirical study on political decision-making in Switzerland. SACM Annual Conference 2022. The Visual and Audiovisual Turn in the Age of Screen Media. ZHdK/ZHAW-Campus Toni-Areal, Zurich, April 21-22, 2022.

2021

Fabrikant, S. I. presented Fabian Kuster’s MSc thesis “Take That Flood: Does Your Perspective Matter?” @ ICC, Florence, December 15, 2021.

Kapaj, A. presented “The Impact of Landmark Visualization Style on Expert Wayfinders’ Cognitive Load During Navigation?” @ ICC, Florence, December 15, 2021.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Smart Navigation to make us wise. Invited talk. Lecture Series Computer Science Insights” @ HSG, School of Computer Science, University of Sankt Gallen, October 14, 2021, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Smart mobile maps for wise spatial learning”. Invited virtual talk @ McGill University, Geography Department, October 1, 2021, Montréal, Canada.

Kapaj, A. presented “The influence of landmark visualization style on expert wayfinders’ visual attention during a real-world navigation task” @ 11th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, September 29, 2021, online. Here you can watch the video of the presentation.

Lanini-Maggi, S. presented “Improving pedestrians’ spatial learning during landmark-based navigation with auditory emotional cues and narrative” @ 11th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Sepember 29, 2021, online. Here you can watch the video of the presentation.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Smart cartography for wise navigation assistance. Virtual Keynote @ Spatial Cognition Conference 2020/1, University of Latvia, Faculty of Computing, August 2nd, 2021, Riga, Latvia.

Cheng, B. presented “Enhancing spatial learning during navigation by optimizing landmark density on digital maps” @ Spatial Cognition Annual Meeting, Riga, Latvia.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Smart Cartographic Tools for Wise Navigation Decisions. Virtual Keynote @ international colloquium on « tous (im)mobiles, tous cartographes? » University Jean-Jaurés, June 16, 2021, Toulouse, France.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “The Road ahead for wise Navigation in Smart Cities”. Invited virtual talk @ Tel Aviv University, Geography Department, May 4, 2021, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2020

Ruginski, I.T. presented “How do we get there? Adaptive and effective design of mobile navigation assistance devices”. Invited talk @ University of Zurich Digital Society Initiative Brown Bag Lecture Series, October, 2020. Zurich, Switzerland. Here you can watch the video of the presentation.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Cartography: Data on Maps”. Invited virtual lecture @ Data+Women Zurich, September 24, 2020.

Cheng, B. presented “Enhancing spatial learning in navigation by optimizing map display: An electroencephalogram (EEG) study in virtual reality”. Poster presented @ Spatial Cognition Annual Meeting, August, 2020, Riga, Latvia.

Ruginski, I.T. presented “Decision-making with uncertainty visualization: Context matters”. Invited talk @ U.S. CDCC Army Research Lab: Computational and Information Sciences Directorate, June, 2020. Digital talk.  

Ruginski, I.T. presented “The GeoViSense Project: Using landmarks to improve spatial knowledge acquisition across different navigation contexts”. Invited talk @ University of Zurich Digital Society Initiative Mobility Research Group, May, 2020. Digital talk.

Ruginski, I.T. presented “Navigating the modern world: Spatial cognition across cultures, environments, and technologies”. Invited talk @ University of Münster Institute for Geoinformatics Colloquium, May, 2020. Münster, Germany.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Ersetzt das Navi unser Gehirn?” Invited virtual talk @ BrainFair Zürich, UZH/ETH Zürich, March 15, 2021, Zürich, Switzerland.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Spatialization as life raft to navigate the seas of information?” Virtual Keynote lecture @ the international workshop: Geography meets Digital Humanities: Neuere Ansätze raumbezogener Modellierung, Department of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, March 13, 2021, Erlangen, Germany.

2019

Cheng, B. presented “Enhancing spatial learning during navigation with a neuroadaptive system”. Talk presented @ Doctoral Colloquium of 14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2019), September, 2020, Regensburg, Germany.

Kapaj, A. presented “Landmark Visualization on Mobile Devices for Effective Pedestrian Navigation: Assessing the Effects of Realism for Spatial Learning”. Talk presented @ Doctoral Colloquium of 14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2019), September, 2020, Regensburg, Germany.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Smart mobile citizen sensing for wise decisions of tomorrow’s digital society”. Keynote @ 21st European Colloquium on Theoretical and Quantitative Geography (ECTQG) 2019, September 7, 2019, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Smart Geographic Information Displays for Wise Decision Making”. Keynote @ 5th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems, Theory, Applications and Management (GISTAM 2019), May 4, 2019, Heraklion, Greece.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Wise Decisions with Smart Responsive Geographic Information Displays”. Invited talk @ the University of Canterbury, Geography Department, colloquium series, April 3,
Christchurch, New Zealand.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Smart Assistive Navigation Devices to Support Wise Decisions of the Digital Citizen”. Invited talk @ the University of Otago, Surveying Department, colloquium series, March 28, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Fabrikant, S. I. presented “Future Smart Mobile Geographic Information Displays for Wise Navigation Decisions”. Invited talk @ Victoria University, Geography Department, colloquium series, March 21, Wellington, New Zealand.

* = delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic

The complete list of our publications can be found on ZORA: https://www.zora.uzh.ch