Spatial memory of real environments, virtual environments, and maps

Human Spatial Memory: Remembering Where

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 251-285

  Montello, Daniel R ^a   Hegarty, Mary ^a   Richardson, Anthony E ^a   Waller, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84917331259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410609984     Document Type: Chapter

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