Human shortcut performance in a computer- simulated maze: A comparative study

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-329

  Stanton, Danaë E B ^a   Wilson, Paul N ^b   Foreman, Nigel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Configuration; Humans; Landmarks; Maze; Shortcut; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION; HUMANS; LANDMARKS; MAZE; SHORTCUT;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 37349032255     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15427633scc0304_4     Document Type: Article

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