Visitor studies bibliography - European Association of Zoos and ...

Memory
HOLTORF (C.), 2008: Der Zoo als Ort der Erinnerung. [The zoo as a place of recollection.] In:
ASH (M.G.) (Hrsg.): Mensch, Tier und Zoo. Der Tiergarten Schönbrunn im internationalen
Vergleich vom 18. Jahrhundert bis heute. [Man, animal and zoo. Schönbrunn zoo in international
perspective from the 18th century to the present.] Wien/Köln/Weimar, Böhlau: 345-61.
BACKGROUND & FURTHER READING: MEMORY
AFONSO (A.) & GILBERT (J.), 2006: The use of memories in understanding interactive science and technology
exhibits. Int’l Journal Sc. Educ. 28: 1523-44.
BITGOOD (S.), 1994: A primer on memory for visitor studies professionals. Visitor Behav. 9(2): 4-8.
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McMANUS (P.), 1993: Memories as indicators of the impact of museum visits. Museum Mgmt & Curatorship 12: 367-
80.
NORMAN (D.A.), 1976: Memory and attention. 2nd edn. New York, Wiley & Sons.
BACKGROUND & FURTHER READING: OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE
CSIKSZENTMIHALYI (M.), 1990: Flow: the psychology of optimal experience. New York, Harper & Row.
CSIKSZENTMIHALYI (M.) & CSIKSZENTMIHALYI (I.) (eds.), 1988: Optimal experience: psychological studies of
flow in consciousness. Cambridge, Cambridge UP.
CSIKSZENTMIHALYI (M.), 1997: Finding flow. The psychology of engagement with everyday life. New York,
BasicBooks.
BACKGROUND & FURTHER READING: PERCEPTION
ARNHEIM (R.), 1969: Visual thinking. Berkeley, Univ. of Cal. Press.
BALCETIS (E.) & DUNNING (D.), 2006: See what you want to see: Motivational influences on visual perception. J.
Personality & Social Psych. 91: 612-25.
DUNDES (A.), 1972: Seeing is believing. A brief look at visual terms used in American speech illustrates just how
much culture affects perception. Natural History, May 1972: 8; 10-12; 86-87.
GIBSON (J.J.), 1979: The ecological approach to visual perception. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
WECHSLER (S.), 1979: Perceiving the visual message. In: POLLET (D.) & HASKELL (P.C.) (eds.): Sign systems for
libraries. Solving the wayfinding problem. New York/London, Bowker: 33-46.
BACKGROUND & FURTHER READING: PSYCHOMETRICS
WELLS (M.), 2002: The development of psychometric scales to measure sense of place. VSA Ann. Conf. 2002, Cody,
WY.
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