Perspectives on human spatial cognition: Memory, navigation, and environmental learning

Psychological Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-239

  Denis, Michel ^a   Loomis, Jack M ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33947630693     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-006-0079-x     Document Type: Review

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