The Mental Comparison of Distances in a Verbally Described Spatial Layout: Effects of Visual Deprivation

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-182

  Afonso, Amandine ^a   Gaunet, Florence ^a   Denis, Michel ^a  

^a UFR 919 Laboratoire d'Informatique Pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur   (France)

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EID: 33748990988     PISSN: 02762366     EISSN: 15414477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/M9KX-7C3Y-9Q92-JEW4     Document Type: Article

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