Reference frames in spatial updating when body-based cues are absent.
The current study investigated the reference frame used in spatial updating when idiothetic cues to self-motion were minimized (desktop virtual reality). In Experiment 1, participants learned a layout of eight objects from a single perspective (learning heading) in a virtual environment. After learn...
| Published in: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 32 - 43 |
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