Spatial mental representations derived from survey and route descriptions: When individuals prefer extrinsic frame of reference

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-157

  Meneghetti, Chiara ^a   Pazzaglia, Francesca ^a   De Beni, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extrinsic frame of reference; Mental representation; Spatial descriptions; Spatial individual differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952100421     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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