Landmark and route knowledge in children’s spatial representation of a virtual environment

This study investigates the development of landmark and route knowledge in complex wayfinding situations. Our study focuses on how children (aged 6, 8 and 10 years) and young adults (n=79) indicate, recognize, and bind landmarks and directions in both verbal and visuo-spatial tasks after learning a...

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Main Author: Marion eNys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01522/full