Children's left parietal brain activation during mental rotation is reliable as well as specific

Cognitive Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 280-288

  Heil, Martin ^a   Jansen Osmann, Petra ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Developmental cognitive neuroscience; ERPs; Laterality; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247145895     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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