Non-identical neural mechanisms for two types of mental transformation: Event-related potentials during mental rotation and mental paper folding

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1345-1356

  Milivojevic, B ^a   Johnson, B W ^a   Hamm, J P ^a   Corballis, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Mental paper folding; Mental rotation; Topography; Visual event related potentials

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038061548     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(03)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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