Allocentric-heading recall and its relation to self-reported sense-of-direction

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 516-533

  Sholl, M Jeanne ^a,b   Kenny, Ryan J ^a   DellaPorta, Katherine A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Boston College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allocentric heading; Local views; Sense of direction; Spatial memory; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTERS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745075902     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.3.516     Document Type: Article

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