Updating Geographical Knowledge: Principles of Coherence and Inertia

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 900-914

  Friedman, Alinda ^a   Brown, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN;

COGNITION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAPS;

EID: 0034222045     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.4.900     Document Type: Article

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