Development of a self-report measure of environmental spatial ability
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Spatial abilities were assessed with a German version of the SBSOD.
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“Responses were rated on a Likert scale from 1 to 7.”
- Authors
- Hegarty, M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hegarty, M
- ORCID
- Hegarty, M
- Venue
- Intelligence
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-10
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 425-447
- ISSN
- 0160-2896 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2169363768
- Cited by
- 1,023
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 71 · 2025: 85 · 2024: 72 · 2023: 74 · 2022: 60 · 2021: 64 · 2020: 74 · 2019: 60 · 2018: 57 · 2017: 54 · 2016: 58 · 2015: 40 · 2014: 48 · 2013: 50 · 2012: 32
- FWCI
- 18.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Intelligence (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Geography Education and Pedagogy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Keywords
- sense of direction, self-report scale development, spatial updating, spatial knowledge acquisition, self-motion, environmental orientation, virtual worlds
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