Mental imagery skills and topographical orientation in humans: A correlation study

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-253

  Palermo, Liana ^a,b   Iaria, Giuseppe ^c   Guariglia, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Gender; Mental rotation; Navigation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 46249106023     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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