Geographical slant facilitates navigation and orientation in virtual environments

Perception

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 667-687

  Restat, Jan D ^a,b   Steck, Sibylle D ^b,c   Mochnatzki, Horst F ^a,b   Mallot, Hanspeter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^c DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

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EID: 4344652242     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5030     Document Type: Article

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