Global-scale location and distance estimates: Common representations and strategies in absolute and relative judgments

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 333-346

  Friedman, Alinda ^a   Montello, Daniel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive maps; Distance estimates; Geography; Spatial reasoning; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT; STANDARD;

COGNITION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 33645736574     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.3.333     Document Type: Article

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