Learning from maps: The role of visuo-spatial working memory

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-233

  Coluccia, Emanuele ^a  

^a Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MENTAL TASK; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 41449106703     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1357     Document Type: Article

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