The development of mental rotation: Effect of stimulus axis salience and its alignment with the vertical direction;Le développement de la «rotation mentale»: Effets de la saillance de l'axe du stimulus et de son alignement avec la direction verticale

Annee Psychologique

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 369-386

  Courbois, Yannick ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Mental rotations; Vertical direction

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844468164     PISSN: 00035033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/psy.2005.29701     Document Type: Article

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