Navigating in a virtual 3D maze: Body and gravity, two possible reference frames for perceiving and memorizing

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 139-161

  Vidal, Manuel ^a   Berthoz, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

3D maze; Human; Reference frames; Spatial memory; VR

Indexed keywords

3D MAZE; HUMAN; REFERENCE FRAME; SPATIAL MEMORY; VR;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NAVIGATION; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 33846091609     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13875868.2005.9683801     Document Type: Article

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