Illusions in reading maps by touch: Reducing distance errors

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 643-657

  Millar, Susanna ^a   Al Attar, Zainab ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MAPS; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOUCH;

EID: 0035513179     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712601162392     Document Type: Article

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