Maintaining readiness for mental rotation interferes with perceptual processes in children but with response selection in adults

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-168

  Jansen Osmann, Petra ^a   Heil, Martin ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Mental rotation; Pure insertion; Spatial processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 35448994255     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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