Encoding of relative enclosure size in a dynamic three-dimensional virtual environment by humans

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-227

  Sturz, Bradley R ^a   Kelly, Debbie M ^b  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geometry; Human; Orientation; Relative metrics; Spatial; Virtual

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; GEOMETRY; LEARNING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68549086866     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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