Learning geographical information from hypothetical maps

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 895-909

  Newcombe, Nora S ^a   Chiang, Noelle Chiau Ru ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548630161     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193464     Document Type: Article

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