The influence of landmarks and pre-exposure to a structural map during the process of spatial knowledge acquisition: A study with children and adults in a virtual environment

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-285

  Jansen Osmann, Petra ^a   Wiedenbauer, Gunnar ^a   Schmid, Juliane ^a   Heil, Martin ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Spatial knowledge; Virtual environments; Wayfinding behavior; Wayfinding performance

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE; GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; SPATIAL COGNITION; SPATIAL KNOWLEDGE; SPATIAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITIONS; SPATIAL PROCESSING; WAY-FINDING;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 67449145038     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13875860701544365     Document Type: Article

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