Age-related differences in viewer-rotation tasks: Is mental manipulation the key factor?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Joanisse, Mélanie ^a   Gagnon, Sylvain ^a   Kreller, Joshua ^a   Charbonneau, Marie Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental manipulation; Spatial memory; Viewer rotation task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 48249134071     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.3.P193     Document Type: Article

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