Acquiring information from simple weather maps: Influences of domain-specific knowledge and general visual-spatial abilities

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-349

  Allen, Gary L ^c   Miller Cowan, Christy R ^a   Power, Helen ^b  

^a LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Knowledge level; Spatial learning; Spatial memory; Visual display

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847698622     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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