Role of strategies and prior exposure in mental rotation

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 98, Issue 3 II, 2004, Pages 1269-1282

  Cherney, Isabelle D ^a   Neff, Nicole L ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4243174634     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.98.3c.1269-1282     Document Type: Article

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