The process of spatial knowledge acquisition in a square and a circular virtual environment

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-397

  Jansen Osmann, Petra ^a   Heil, Martin ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Development; Spatial cognition; Spatial knowledge; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449670253     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0003-6     Document Type: Article

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