Wayfinding with words: Spatial learning and navigation using dynamically updated verbal descriptions

Psychological Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-358

  Giudice, Nicholas A ^a   Bakdash, Jonathan Z ^b   Legge, Gordon E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NARRATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33947641981     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-006-0089-8     Document Type: Review

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