Interaction between locale and taxon strategies in human spatial learning

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 262-283

  Redhead, Edward S ^a   Hamilton, Derek A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric cues; Locale and Relational information; Taxon; Virtual watermaze

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249063689     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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