When do objects become landmarks? A VR study of the effect of task relevance on spatial memory.

We investigated how objects come to serve as landmarks in spatial memory, and more specifically how they form part of an allocentric cognitive map. Participants performing a virtual driving task incidentally learned the layout of a virtual town and locations of objects in that town. They were subseq...

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Main Authors: Xue Han, Patrick Byrne, Michael Kahana, Suzanna Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3346813?pdf=render