Orienting in virtual environments: How are surface features and environmental geometry weighted in an orientation task?

Cognition

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-104

  Kelly, Debbie M ^a   Bischof, Walter F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beacon homing; Environmental geometry; Landmark piloting; Spatial orientation; Surface features

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54249123968     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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