Multiple Systems of Spatial Memory: Evidence From Described Scenes

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 635-645

  Avraamides, Marios N ^a   Kelly, Jonathan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

perspective taking; spatial cognition; spatial memory; verbal descriptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953150147     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017040     Document Type: Article

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