Gender differences in wayfinding in virtual environments with global or local landmarks

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-96

  Lin, Chin Teng ^a   Huang, Teng Yi ^a   Lin, Wen Jing ^b,c   Chang, Shu Yen ^a   Lin, Yin Hung ^a   Ko, Li Wei ^a   Hung, Daisy L ^b,c   Chang, Erik C ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Global and local landmarks; Spatial navigation; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863367176     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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