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Higher-level spatial cognition

Greenauer, N., & Waller, D. (in press). Intrinsic array structure is neither necessary nor sufficient for nonegocentric coding of spatial layouts Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

Waller, D., & Richardson, A. R. (2008). Correcting distance estimates by interacting with immersive virtual environments: Effects of task and available sensory information. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 14, 61 - 72.

Friedman, A., & Waller, D. (2008). View combination in scene recognition. Memory & Cognition, 36, 467 - 478.

Waller, D., Lippa, Y., & Richardson, A. (2008). Isolating observer-based reference directions in human spatial memory: Head, body, and the self-to-array axis. Cognition, 106, 157-183.

Waller, D., Bachmann, E., Hodgson, E., & Beall, A. C. (2007). The HIVE: A Huge Immersive Virtual Environment for research in spatial cognition. Behavior Research Methods, 39, 835-843.

Waller, D., & Lippa, Y. (2007). Landmarks as beacons and associative cues: Their role in route learning. Memory & Cognition, 35, 910 - 924.

Richardson A., R., & Waller, D. (2007). Interaction with an immersive virtual environment corrects users' distance estimates. Human Factors, 49, 507 - 517.

Waller, D., & Greenauer, N. (2007). The role of body-based sensory information in the acquisition of enduring spatial representations. Psychological Research, 71, 322-332.

Waller, D., & Hodgson, E. (2006). Transient and enduring spatial representations under disorientation and self-rotation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 32, 867 - 882.

Hodgson, E., & Waller, D. (2006). Lack of set size effects in spatial updating: Evidence for offline updating. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 32, 854 - 866.

Waller, D.(2006). Egocentric and nonegocentric coding in memory for spatial layout: Evidence from scene recognition. Memory & Cognition, 34, 491 - 504.

Waller, D., & Bachmann, E. R. (2006). The borderline of science: On the value of factor analysis for understanding presence. Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments, 15., 235 - 244.

Richardson, A. R.,& Waller, D. (2005). The effect of feedback training on distance estimation in virtual environments. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19 , 1089 - 1108.

Waller, D., Beall, A. C., & Loomis, J. (2004). Using virtual environments to asses directional knowledge. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 24, 105 - 116.

Waller, D., Loomis, J. M., & Haun, D. B. M. (2004). Body-based senses enhance knowledge of directions in large-scale environments. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 157 - 163.

Waller, D., & Haun, D. B. M. (2003). Scaling techniques for modeling directional knowledge. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 35, 285 - 293

Montello, D., Waller, D., Hegarty, M., & Richardson, A. E. (2004). Spatial memory of real environments, virtual environments, and maps. In. G. L. Allen (Ed.), Human Spatial Memory: Remembering Where (pp. 251 - 285). Hillsdale: Erlbaum.

Waller, D., Loomis, J. M., & Steck, S. (2003). Inertial cues do not enhance knowledge of environmental layout. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10., 987 - 993.

Waller, D., Montello, D., Richardson, A. E., & Hegarty, M. (2002). Orientation specificity and spatial updating of memories for layouts. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 28, 1051 – 1063.

Waller, D., Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., & Beall, A. C. (2000). Place learning in humans: The role of distance and direction information. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 2, 333 - 354.

Waller, D. (1999). Factors affecting interobject distance perception in virtual environments. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 8, 657 - 670.

Hunt, E., & Waller, D. (1999). Orientation and wayfinding: A review. (ONR technical report N00014-96-0380). Arlington, VA: Office of Naval Research.

Waller, D., Hunt, E., & Knapp, D. (1998). The transfer of spatial knowledge in virtual environment training. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 7, 129-143.



Individual differences

Waller, D. (2005). The WALKABOUT: Using virtual environments to assess large-scale spatial abilities. Computers in Human Behavior, 21, 243-253.

Hegarty, M., & Waller, D. (2005). Individual differences in spatial abilities. In P. Shah & A. Miyake (Eds.), Handbook of Higher-level Visuospatial Thinking, (pp. 121 - 169). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Hegarty, M., & Waller, D. (2004). A dissociation between mental rotation and perspective-taking spatial abilities. Intelligence, 32, 175 - 191.

Waller, D., Knapp, D., & Hunt, E. (2001). Spatial representations of virtual mazes: The role of visual fidelity and individual differences. Human Factors, 43, 147 – 158.

Waller, D. (2000). Individual differences in spatial learning from computer-simulated environments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 8, 307 – 321.


 

Lab Director: David Waller

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