A jigsaw-puzzle imagery task for assessing active visuospatial processes in old and young people

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-82

  Richardson, John T E ^a,c   Vecchi, Tomaso ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0036481788     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195425     Document Type: Article

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