Individual Differences in the Encoding Processes of Egocentric and Allocentric Survey Knowledge

Cognitive Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 176-192

  Wen, Wen ^a   Ishikawa, Toru ^a   Sato, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive maps; Dual tasks; Frames of reference; Sense of direction; Spatial knowledge; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872520384     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12005     Document Type: Article

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