Individual differences in wayfinding strategies

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-188

  Kato, Yoshinobu ^a   Takeuchi, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female undergraduates; Good and poor sense of direction; Spatial strategies; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037834616     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-4944(03)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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