The role of spatial reference frames in architecture: Misalignment impairs way-finding performance

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-482

  Werner, Steffen ^a   Schindler, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Spatial cognition; Spatial memory; Way Finding

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 3242681879     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916503254829     Document Type: Article

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