Direction giving and following in the service of wayfinding in a complex indoor environment

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-564

  Hund, Alycia M ^a   Padgitt, Amanda J ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direction following; Direction giving; Sense of direction; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149282658     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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