The role of mental rotation and age in spatial perspective-taking tasks: When age does not impair perspective-taking performance

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 807-821

  De Beni, Rossana ^a   Pazzaglia, Francesca ^a   Gardini, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33749343595     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1229     Document Type: Article

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