Cognitive mapping without sight: Four preliminary studies of spatial learning

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-305

  Jacobson, R Dan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032163859     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jevp.1998.0098     Document Type: Article

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