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Visuo-spatial ability and wayfinding performance in real-world

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    Raffaella Nori, Sonia Grandicelli & Fiorella Giusberti

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Nori, R., Grandicelli, S. & Giusberti, F. Visuo-spatial ability and wayfinding performance in real-world. Cogn Process 7 (Suppl 1), 135–137 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-006-0104-4

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