Representational pseudoneglect and reference points both influence geographic location estimates

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-284

  Friedman, Alinda ^a   Mohr, Christine ^b   Brugger, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience and attention; Hemi spatial neglect; Neuropsychology; Spatial cognition; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858409192     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0202-x     Document Type: Article

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