Influence of map design, individual differences, and environmental cues on wayfinding performance

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-165

  Soh, Boon Kee ^a   Smith Jackson, Tonya L ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental cues; Individual differences; Map design; Outdoor recreational area; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MAP DESIGN; OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL AREA; WAY-FINDING;

DECISION MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MAPS;

EID: 54949140855     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15427633scc0402_2     Document Type: Article

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