Neither by global nor local cues alone: Evidence for a unified orientation process

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 665-674

  Bodily, Kent D ^a   Eastman, Caroline K ^b   Sturz, Bradley R ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Armstrong State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Global geometry; Local geometry; Orientation; Trapezoid; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027931715     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0401-x     Document Type: Article

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