The effects of familiarity and gender on spatial representation

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-234

  Iachini, Tina ^a   Ruotolo, Francesco ^a   Ruggiero, Gennaro ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Egocentric allocentric representations; Familiarity; Gender differences; Large scale environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349200345     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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