Variations in cognitive maps: Understanding individual differences in navigation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 669-682

  Weisberg, Steven M ^a   Schinazi, Victor R ^b   Newcombe, Nora S ^a   Shipley, Thomas F ^a   Epstein, Russell A ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Memory; Spatial cognition; Virtual navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; SPATIAL PROCESSING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924581707     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035261     Document Type: Article

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