Extended experience benefits spatial mental model development with route but not survey descriptions

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 340-354

  Brunyé, Tad T ^a,b   Taylor, Holly A ^b  

^a US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental models; Reading comprehension; Reading speed; Spatial memory; Verbal learning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; READING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAPS AS TOPIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; READING; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349060801     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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