The Information Content of Panoramic Images I: The Rotational Errors and the Similarity of Views in Rectangular Experimental Arenas

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Stürzl, Wolfgang ^a   Cheung, Allen ^a   Cheng, Ken ^b   Zeil, Jochen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

geometry; navigation; spatial orientation; view based homing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HOMING BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 39049143836     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.34.1.1     Document Type: Article

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