Why People Get Lost - The Psychology and Neuroscience of Spatial Cognition

Informationen zum Autor Paul A. Dudchenko is a senior lecturer at the University of Stirling (U.K.). He received his Ph.D. in psychopharmacology at The Ohio State University, and was a National Research Service Award post-doctoral researcher at Dartmouth College and Boston University. Klappentext At some point in our lives, most of us have been lost. How does this happen? What are the limits of our ability to find our way? Do we have an innate sense of direction? 'How people get lost' is a exciting exploration of the psychology and neuroscience of how we find our way. Zusammenfassung At some point in our lives, most of us have been lost. How does this happen? What are the limits of our ability to find our way? Do we have an innate sense of direction? 'How people get lost' is a exciting exploration of the psychology and neuroscience of how we find our way.

Summary

At some point in our lives, most of us have been lost. How does this happen? What are the limits of our ability to find our way? Do we have an innate sense of direction? 'How people get lost' is a exciting exploration of the psychology and neuroscience of how we find our way.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Dudchenko, Paul (Psychology Department Dudchenko, Paul A. Dudchenko, Dudchenko Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2010
• EAN: 9780199210862
• ISBN: 978-0-19-921086-2
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