Visuospatial working memory and the processing of spatial descriptions.
The dual-task paradigm was used to determine whether the spatial, visual and verbal components of working memory are engaged in the processing of spatial descriptions. Participants listened to route or survey descriptions of urban-like spatial environments and then drew corresponding maps. The posit...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 97; no. 2; pp. 217 - 244 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May 2006
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