Individual differences in visuo-spatial working memory and real-world wayfinding

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-16

  Nori, Raffaella ^a   Grandicelli, Sonia ^a   Giusberti, Fiorella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Sequential process; Simultaneous process; Visuo spatial working memory; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749096941     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.68.1.7     Document Type: Article

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