Learning Routes from Visualizations for Indoor Wayfinding: Presentation Modes and Individual Differences

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-312

  Münzer, Stefan ^a   Stahl, Christoph ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

animation; individual differences; route learning; spatial abilities; spatial strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859149493     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13875868.2011.571326     Document Type: Article

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