Narrowing gender-based performance gaps in virtual environment navigation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 809-819

  Martens, Jon ^a   Antonenko, Pavlo D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Individual differences; Performance; Training; Virtual reality; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GENDER; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HYPERMEDIA; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; METACOGNITIVES; NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE; NAVIGATION TOOLS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE GAPS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; REAL-SPACE; USER BEHAVIORS; USER SATISFACTION; USER TESTING; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WAY-FINDING; WORKING MEMORIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PERSONNEL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 84857374188     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.01.008     Document Type: Review

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