Spatial Navigation in Virtual Reality Environments: An EEG Analysis

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 487-495

  Bischof, Walter F ^a   Boulanger, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THETA RHYTHM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL PROCESSES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; THETA RHYTHM; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0142094740     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109493103769710514     Document Type: Article

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