Evidence of separable spatial representations in a virtual navigation task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1199-1223

  Gramann, Klaus ^a   Müller, Hermann J ^a   Eick, Eva Maria ^b   Schönebeck, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Path integration; Reference frames; Spatial navigation; Spatial strategy; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 32644490346     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.31.6.1199     Document Type: Article

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