The generation and maintenance of visual mental images: Evidence from image type and aging

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-278

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Image generation; Image maintenance; Image transformation; Image type; Imagery; Mental image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 33847617105     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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