The world is not flat: Can people reorient using slope?
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The world is not flat: can people reorient using slope?
Studies of spatial representation generally focus on flat environments and visual input. However, the world is not flat, and slopes are part of most natural environments. In a series of 4 experiments, we examined whether humans can use a slope as a source of allocentric, directional information for reorientation. A target was hidden in a corner of a square, featureless enclosure tilted at a 5° ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1939-1285,0278-7393
DOI: 10.1037/a0021614