Orientation dependent mental representations following real-world navigation

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-176

  Tlauka, Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental representation; Navigation; Orientation specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646677250     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2006.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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