When goals constrain: Eye movements and memory for goal-oriented map study

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 772-787

  Brunyé, Tad T ^a,b   Taylor, Holly A ^b  

^a US Army NSRDEC   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 70350276533     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1508     Document Type: Article

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