Mental and Manual Rotation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 397-412

  Wohlschläger, Andreas ^a,b,d   Wohlschläger, Astrid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032040455     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.24.2.397     Document Type: Article

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