Working memory components and imagery instructions in the elaboration of a spatial mental model

Psychological Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-382

  Gyselinck, Valérie ^a,c   De Beni, Rossana ^b   Pazzaglia, Francesca ^b   Meneghetti, Chiara ^b   Mondoloni, Amandine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Laboratoire Cognition et Comportement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEACHING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; PILOT PROJECTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

EID: 33947613500     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-006-0091-1     Document Type: Review

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