Chunking in Spatial Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 576-589

  Sargent, Jesse ^a   Dopkins, Stephen ^a   Philbeck, John ^a   Chichka, David ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allocentric; chunking; egocentric; spatial memory; spatial updating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; ROTATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953165374     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017528     Document Type: Article

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