Corsi's block-tapping test: Some characteristics of the spatial path which influence memory

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 382-388

  Orsini, Arturo ^a   Simonetta, S ^a   Marmorato, M S ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 3343009750     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.98.2.382-388     Document Type: Article

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