The role of stimulus axis salience in children's ability to mentally rotate unfamiliar figures

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-269

  Courbois, Yanick ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033921436     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541446.2000.10708706     Document Type: Article

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