Visual mental rotation of possible and impossible objects

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-247

  Dror, Itiel E ^a   Ivey, Chandra ^b   Rogus, Courtney ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009885405     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03209400     Document Type: Article

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