The influence of spatial reference frames on imagined object-and viewer rotations

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 247-264

  Wraga, Maryjane ^a   Creem, Sarah H ^b   Proffitt, Dennis R ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Mental rotation; Spatial imagery

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0347964804     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(98)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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