Motion in the mind's eye: Comparing mental and visual rotation

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-332

  Shelton, Amy L ^a   Pippitt, Holly A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL ROTATION; MOTION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; ROTATION; SKILL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VISION; VISUAL ROTATION;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTION PERCEPTION; ROTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34147200956     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.6.4.323     Document Type: Article

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