How cognitive ageing impacts navigation and wayfinding design - Professor Jan Weiner

In this episode of the Wayfinding Xchange Podcast, we speak with Bournemouth University Professor & Head of Psychology, Jan Weiner, about how cognitive ageing impacts the way people navigate and understand space. 

The conversation explores how changes in memory, spatial awareness and decision-making impact navigation over time, and why older adults often rely on different strategies when moving through environments. It also looks at implications for design, and how wayfinding systems can better support people as their cognitive abilities change.

For designers and those shaping the built environment, this episode offers valuable insight into how navigation behaviour evolves with age, and what that means for creating more intuitive, supportive places. 

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