Exploring spatial thought

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-156

  Kitchin, Robert M ^a,b,c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; PERCEPTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL THOUGHT;

EID: 0031462912     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001391659702900105     Document Type: Article

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