Four-Dimensional Spatial Reasoning in Humans

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1066-1077

  Aflalo, T N ^a   Graziano, M S A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

maze learning; mental rotation; path integration; spatial adaptation; spatial processing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 54949097678     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.5.1066     Document Type: Article

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