台北車站從單一到共構，出入口在樓層與方向上有很多變化，指標內容複雜且重複性高，無疑對於時間被壓縮的旅客，在短時間內到達目的地是一項困難。
有鑑於此，本研究根據完形心理學、史登堡的智力三元論及Cattell的二元智力理論，與成人發展理論所界定之年齡層做基準，試以問卷分析的量化數據資料及行為註記圖法的質性研究來探討年齡層對於時間壓力是否影響其尋路思考及行為、理論推估與實際結果之驗證、心智地圖建構與實際行動行為之驗證、問卷分析結果與實際行為之驗證。
研究結果歸納下列項：
1.時間壓力對於人的尋路行為有影響，特別是成年晚期，為在時限 內到達，會傾向往上至地面層，以便快速尋找與目的地相對關係。
2.青少年整體尋路時間為本研究年齡分層中最短。
3.心智地圖與實際行進相符及嘗試驗證者比率低。
4.成年晚期較不能使用地圖所提供的資訊去規畫路徑。
5.青少年期認為此區域空間環境不同，讓人能夠辨識；但成年中期、成年晚期則認為空間環境過於相似，不易辨識。

With its transition from a single-purpose to present multi-purpose structure, Taipei Station has posed a great challenge for travelers wishing to get where they want in as short a time as possible. The causes behind the phenomenon is that there have been more exits and entrances added to various structure levels and there is growing complexity and overlapping in its direction signs.
In order to arrive at a statistically accurate research result as to whether different age groups’ behavior and modes of thinking in way-finding are affected when travelers are put under time pressure, this study is conducted employing principles based on Gestalt Psychology, Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory and Cattell’s theory of fluid intelligences and crystallized intelligences. What comes up as an ending result of the study is established and supported by quantified data derived by analyzing questionnaires and by using quality research method in behavior patterns in the hope of firstly, establishing a valid relativity between theoretical assessment and practical results; secondly, forming a comparison between the mind map and the real action and lastly, offering an interpretation as to real behavioral patterns based on the analysis of questionnaires issued and recollected for the study.
Findings in the wake of this study are listed as below:
(1)Time pressure does affect people’s way-finding behavior, especially for those late in their adult life, who incline to go up to the surface level in as short a time as possible in order to be sure of their related location to the destination.
(2)Of all age groups, teenagers spend the least time on finding their way to where they want to get.
(3)There is a low ratio between travelers’ mind map and their practical way-finding behavior.
(4)Senior citizens are comparatively less capable of making an effective plan of finding their route by using the map provided.
(5)Youngsters view the settings in this area, though varied in style, are sufficiently easy for them to identify; in contrast, people in mid-life or older respond by saying there is an enormous similarity among the settings, which poses difficulty for identification.

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