Spatial forms and mental imagery

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1229-1245

  Price, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Imagery; SNARC effect; Spatial form; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MENTAL TASK; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SYNESTHESIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 69249122357     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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