Effects of visuo-spatial working memory on wayfinding ability

Working Memory: Capacity, Developments and Improvement Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 81-107

  Piccardi, Laura ^a,b   Nori, Raffaella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Research Centre of Neuropsychology   (Saint Lucia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human orientation; Landmark based navigation; Remembering space; Topographical memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893001045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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