Spatial Cognition : Geographic Environments /

This volume approaches geography as a cognitive science focusing on the processes used for learning and decision-making. This book argues that geographers need a theoretical understanding of how people process spatial information. How people store and use information they have acquired about environ...

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Main Author: Lloyd, Robert
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1997.
Series:GeoJournal library ; 39.
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