Training, transfer, and retention of three-dimensional spatial memory in virtual environments

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 223-238

  Richards, Jason T ^a,c   Oman, Charles M ^a   Shebilske, Wayne L ^b   Beall, Andrew C ^a,d   Liu, Andrew ^a   Natapoff, Alan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental imagery; Mental rotation; Spatial memory; Spatial orientation; Training; Vestibular; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141763707     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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