Strategies for geographic memory: Oh, what a state we're in!

Abstract
This study used protocol analysis to find differences in strategy use and reasoning among five groups of subjects who were given a blank map of the United States and asked to locate states. The subjects were both children (in 5th and 11th grades) and adults (3 levels of education). For all subjects, boundaries influenced the recall, with land‐water boundaries most salient and states located along a national boundary more memorable than states...
Paper Details
Title
Strategies for geographic memory: Oh, what a state we're in!
Published Date
Jan 1, 1997
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