Landmark stability: Studies exploring whether the perceived stability of the environment influences spatial representation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 187-193

  Biegler, Robert ^a   Morris, Richard G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cognitive mapping; Landmark stability; Perception; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000533337     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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