Contextual cues and the retrieval of information from cognitive maps

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-392

  Bugmann, Davi ^a   Coventry, Kenny R ^b   Newstead, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 34447301267     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193279     Document Type: Article

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