Human sense of direction and wayfinding

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 399-425

  Cornell, Edward H ^a   Sorenson, Autumn ^a   Mio, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Orientation; Spatial cognition; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; GENDER DISPARITY; ORIENTATION;

EID: 19944367546     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.9302009     Document Type: Review

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