Regional differences in spatial frame of reference systems for people in different areas of China

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 587-596

  Li, Jing ^a   Zhang, Kan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649863699     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.108.2.587-596     Document Type: Article

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