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Perspectives on human spatial cognition: memory, navigation, and environmental learning

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    Jack M. Loomis

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Denis, M., Loomis, J.M. Perspectives on human spatial cognition: memory, navigation, and environmental learning. Psychological Research 71, 235–239 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-006-0079-x

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