An eye movement analysis of "mental rotation" of simple scenes

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1227-1245

  Nakatani, Chie ^a   Pollatsek, Alexander ^b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 18844413814     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196848     Document Type: Article

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