Facilitation of learning spatial relations among locations by visual cues: Implications for theoretical accounts of spatial learning

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 306-312

  Sturz, Bradley R ^a   Brown, Michael F ^b   Kelly, Debbie M ^c  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 66849087420     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.2.306     Document Type: Article

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