Tool Use and the Effect of Action on the Imagination

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1655-1665

  Schwartz, Daniel L ^a,b   Holton, Douglas L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034332285     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.6.1655     Document Type: Article

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