Reorientation in a Two-Dimensional Environment: I. Do Adults Encode the Featural and Geometric Properties of a Two-Dimensional Schematic of a Room?

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-94

  Kelly, Debbie M ^a,b   Spetch, Marcia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 1842425239     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.1.82     Document Type: Article

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