Active route learning in virtual environments: Disentangling movement control from intention, instruction specificity, and navigation control

Psychological Research

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 555-574

  von Stülpnagel, Rul ^a   Steffens, Melanie C ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881557275     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-012-0451-y     Document Type: Article

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