An investigation of the validity of the virtual spatial navigation assessment

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Ventura, Matthew ^a   Shute, Valerie ^a   Wright, Tim ^a   Zhao, Weinan ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental spatial ability; Figural spatial ability; Vista spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891695546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00852     Document Type: Article

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