Multiple systems for spatial imagery: Transformations of objects and bodies

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-306

  Zacks, Jeffrey M ^a   Tversky, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Imagery; Mental rotation; Perspective taking; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

IMAGERY; MENTAL ROTATION; MULTIPLE SYSTEMS; PERSPECTIVE TRANSFORMATION; PERSPECTIVE-TAKING; SPATIAL REASONING; SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION; VISUOSPATIAL;

METADATA;

EID: 36348998882     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15427633scc0504_1     Document Type: Article

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