Motor processes in children's imagery: The case of mental rotation of hands

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 402-408

  Funk, Marion ^a,b   Brugger, Peter ^b   Wilkening, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CHILD; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; ROTATION; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOVEMENT; PERCEPTION; POSTURE; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23744440528     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00428.x     Document Type: Review

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