Motor processes in mental rotation

Cognition

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-94

  Wexler, Mark ^a   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^b   Berthoz, Alain ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental rotation; Motor processes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; ROTATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0032135195     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(98)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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