The structural salience of landmarks: Results from an on-line study and a virtual environment experiment

Journal of Spatial Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-50

  Röser, Florian ^a   Hamburger, Kai ^a   Krumnack, Antje ^a   Knauff, Markus ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Modelling; Psychology; Spatial cognition; Structural salience; Visual landmarks

Indexed keywords

MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL COGNITION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

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EID: 84868159289     PISSN: 14498596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2012.686362     Document Type: Article

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