Training generalized spatial skills

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 763-771

  Wright, Rebecca ^a   Thompson, William L ^b   Ganis, Giorgio ^b,c,d   Newcombe, Nora S ^e   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^b,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50949092225     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.4.763     Document Type: Article

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