Three turtles in danger: Spontaneous construction of causally relevant spatial situation models

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 969-987

  Jahn, Georg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LINGUISTICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 4444232120     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.5.969     Document Type: Article

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