Mental representations of spatial language

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 705-728

  Hubona, Geoffrey S ^a   Everett, Stephanie ^b   Marsh, Elaine ^b   Wauchope, Kenneth ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

MULTILEVEL MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032092209     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1998.0188     Document Type: Article

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