Multiple Uses of Mental Imagery by Professional Modern Dancers

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-255

  Hanrahan, Christine ^a   Vergeer, Ineke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0141862780     PISSN: 02762366     EISSN: 15414477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/RLBE-XQK9-C65F-X05B     Document Type: Article

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