How Navigational Aids Impair Spatial Memory: Evidence for Divided Attention

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 319-350

  Gardony, Aaron L ^a,b   Brunyé, Tad T ^a,b   Mahoney, Caroline R ^a,b   Taylor, Holly A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cognitive Science US Army NSRDEC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

navigation; navigational aids; spatial memory; virtual reality virtual environments

Indexed keywords

DIVIDED ATTENTION; GOAL-DIRECTED; INFORMATION FORMAT; NAVIGATIONAL AIDS; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL WORKING MEMORY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 84884998319     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13875868.2013.792821     Document Type: Article

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