A high density ERP comparison of mental rotation and mental size transformation

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-280

  Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh D ^a   Johnson, Blake W ^a   Hamm, Jeff P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; EEG; ERPs; Image transformation; Mental rotation; Size transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0038799791     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00077-0     Document Type: Article

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