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Escape: wayfinding strategies and emergency

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  1. Department of Economic and Social Research, University of Cagliari-DRES, Cagliari, Italy

    Renato Troffa

  2. LUMSA University, Rome, Italy

    Anna Maria Nenci

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Troffa, R., Nenci, A.M. Escape: wayfinding strategies and emergency. Cogn Process 10 (Suppl 2), 331–333 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-009-0305-8

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