Quantifying precision and availability of location memory in everyday pictures and some implications for picture database design

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-83

  Lansdale, Mark W ^a   Oliff, Lynda ^a   Baguley, Thorn S ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Availability; Everyday pictures; Location memory; Picture database design; Precision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 22944485986     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.11.2.67     Document Type: Article

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