Violation of pure insertion during mental rotation is independent of stimulus type, task, and subjects' age

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-287

  Jansen Osmann, Petra ^a   Heil, Martin ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Mental rotation; Pure insertion; Spatial processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33646820691     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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