The world is not flat: Can people reorient using slope?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 354-367

  Nardi, Daniele ^a   Newcombe, Nora S ^a   Shipley, Thomas F ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reorientation; Sex differences; Slope or geographical slant; Spatial abilities; Vertical dimension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; VESTIBULE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952378240     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021614     Document Type: Article

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