Mental imagery, reasoning, and blindness

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-177

  Knauff, Markus ^a,b   May, Elisabeth ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645075220     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210500149992     Document Type: Article

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