Sense of direction: The importance of the environmental familiarity;Il senso dell'orientamento: Quanto conta la familiarità con l'ambiente?

Giornale Italiano di Psicologia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 343-368

  Nori, Raffaella ^a   Piccardi, Laura ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Sense of direction; Sex; Spatial cognitive style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867924823     PISSN: 03905349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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