Attentional asymmetries in virtual space

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1627-1630

  Heber, Ines Ann ^a   Siebertz, Sarah ^a   Wolter, Marc ^b   Kuhlen, Torsten ^b   Fimm, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAL-SPACE; SPATIAL ATTENTION; VIRTUAL SPACES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 70350616098     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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