Spatial distortions in visual short-term memory: Interplay of intrinsic and extrinsic reference systems

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-336

  Schmidt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Spatial memory distortions; Spatial reference systems; Visual short term memory

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NETWORKS; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL DISTORTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL REFERENCE SYSTEMS; SYMMETRY PROPERTIES; VISUAL LANDMARKS;

NEURONS;

BRAIN;

EID: 49049099290     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15427633scc0404_2     Document Type: Article

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