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Wayfinding as a Social Activity. / Dalton, Ruth; Hölscher, Christoph; Montello, Daniel.
In: Frontiers in Physiology, Vol. 10, 142, 04.02.2019.

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Dalton, R, Hölscher, C & Montello, D 2019, 'Wayfinding as a Social Activity', Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 10, 142. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00142

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Dalton, R., Hölscher, C., & Montello, D. (2019). Wayfinding as a Social Activity. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, Article 142. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00142

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Dalton R, Hölscher C, Montello D. Wayfinding as a Social Activity. Frontiers in Physiology. 2019 Feb 4;10:142. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00142

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Dalton, Ruth ; Hölscher, Christoph ; Montello, Daniel. / Wayfinding as a Social Activity. In: Frontiers in Physiology. 2019 ; Vol. 10.

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