The influence of imaging capacity on visual art skills

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-135

  Pérez Fabello, María José ^a   Campos, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imaging capacity; Mental images; Visual art skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648948987     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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