The influence of juggling on mental rotation performance

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 351-359

  Jansen, Petra ^a   Titze, Corinna ^b   Heil, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Experimental Psychology II   (Germany)

Author keywords

Juggling; Mental rotation; Motor behavior; Spatial performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650986271     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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