Gender differences in relation to wayfinding strategies, navigational support design, and wayfinding task difficulty

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-226

  Chen, Chien Hsiung ^a   Chang, Wen Chih ^a   Chang, Wen Te ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Navigational support; VR; Wayfinding strategy; Weightless

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349206168     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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