Individual differences in route-learning strategy and associated working memory resources

Human Factors

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 368-377

  Baldwin, Carryl L ^a   Reagan, Ian ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional processes; Cognitive processes; Driver behavior; Dual task performance; Individual differences; Knowledge representation; Navigational strategies; Spatial navigation; Surface transportation systems; Training; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

ATTENTIONAL PROCESSES; COGNITIVE PROCESSES; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; NAVIGATIONAL STRATEGIES; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; TRAINING; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

NAVIGATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249156522     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809338187     Document Type: Article

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