Ecological validity of virtual environments to assess human navigation ability

Route memory is frequently assessed in virtual environments. These environments can be presented in a fully controlled manner and are easy to use. Yet they lack the physical involvement that participants have when navigating real environments. For some aspects of route memory this may result in redu...

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Main Authors: Ineke eVan Der Ham, Annemarie eFaber, Matthijs eVenselaar, Marc evan Kreveld, Maarten eLoffler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00637/full