Effects of action on children's and adults' mental imagery

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-51

  Frick, Andrea ^a   Daum, Moritz M ^a   Wilson, Margaret ^b   Wilkening, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive development; Embodied cognition; Mental imagery; Mental representation; Motor processes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349123412     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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