Cognitive performance during long-term residence in a polar environment

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-132

  John Paul, F U ^a   Mandal, Manas K ^a   Ramachandran, K ^a   Panwar, M R ^a  

^a Government of India   (India)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Learning; Long duration; Memory; Polar environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549094983     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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