Spatial location judgments: A cross-national comparison of estimation bias in subjective North American geography

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 615-623

  Friedman, Alinda ^a   Kerkman, Dennis D ^b   Brown, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036728919     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196321     Document Type: Article

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