Symmetry and asymmetry of human spatial memory

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-190

  McNamara, Timothy P ^a   Diwadkar, Vaibhav A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031262156     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1997.0669     Document Type: Article

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