Walking in the Corsi test: Which type of memory do you need?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 432, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-131

  Piccardi, Laura ^a,b   Iaria, Giuseppe ^c   Ricci, Maura ^d   Bianchini, Filippo ^b,d   Zompanti, Laura ^b,d   Guariglia, Cecilia ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corsi Block Tapping test (CBT); Memory for object locations; Memory for route; Sex differences; Visuo spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 39149138118     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.12.044     Document Type: Article

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