Understanding visualization through spatial ability differences

Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 65-

  Velez, Maria C ^a   Silver, Deborah ^a   Tremaine, Marilyn ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Orthogonal projections; Spatial ability; Standardized testing

Indexed keywords

GENDER DIFFERENCES; ORTHOGONAL PROJECTIONS; SPATIAL ABILITY; STANDARDIZED TESTING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INFORMATION THEORY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 33749440598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VIS.2005.108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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