Reasoning about geography

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-219

  Friedman, Alinda ^a   Brown, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STUDENT;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034199477     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.129.2.193     Document Type: Article

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