Geometric cues, reference frames, and the equivalence of experienced-aligned and novel-aligned views in human spatial memory

Cognition

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 459-474

  Kelly, Jonathan W ^a   Sjolund, Lori A ^a   Sturz, Bradley R ^b  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric cues; Reference frames; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DISPLAY SYSTEM; GEOMETRIC CUE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE FRAME; SPATIAL MEMORY;

CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872032473     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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