Scientists are not deficient in mental imagery: Galton revised

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-146

  Brewer, William F ^a   Schommer Aikins, Marlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galton; Mental imagery; Psychology of science; Scientists; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746255024     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.10.2.130     Document Type: Review

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