Stimulus Dimensionality Effects in Mental Rotation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-94

  Bauer, Ben ^a   Jolicoeur, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030078365     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.1.82     Document Type: Article

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