Categorical and metric distance information in mental representations derived from route and survey descriptions

Psychological Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-232

  Noordzij, Matthijs L ^a   Postma, Albert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 12144262365     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-004-0172-y     Document Type: Article

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