Route learning and shortcut performance in adults with intellectual disability: A study with virtual environments

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 345-352

  Mengue Topio, Hursula ^a   Courbois, Yannick ^a   Farran, Emily K ^b   Sockeel, Pascal ^a  

^a University of Lille Nord   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Spatial navigation; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78649718408     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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