Mental representations of large and small spatial layouts are orientation dependent

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 215-226

  Roskos Ewoldsen, Beverly ^a,c   McNamara, Timothy P ^b   Shelton, Amy L ^b   Carr, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031602444     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.24.1.215     Document Type: Article

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