Frames of Reference in Spatial Memories Acquired from Language

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 171-180

  Mou, Weimin ^a   Zhang, Kan ^a   McNamara, Timothy P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME;

CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0942268062     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.1.171     Document Type: Article

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