Mental rotation within linguistic and non-linguistic domains in users of American sign language

Cognition

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-246

  Emmorey, Karen ^a   Klima, Edward ^a,b   Hickok, Gregory ^c  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sign Language; Linguistic relativity; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SIGN LANGUAGE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; ROTATION; SIGN LANGUAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032171978     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(98)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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