Geometric orientation by humans: Angles weigh in

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 436-442

  Lubyk, Danielle M ^a   Dupuis, Brian ^a   Gutiérrez, Lucio ^a   Spetch, Marcia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angles; Comparative psychology; Geometry; Humans; Navigation; Principal axis; Reorientation; Spatial memory; Wall lengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860852946     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0232-z     Document Type: Article

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