Enhancement of mental rotation abilities and its effect on anatomy learning

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-206

  Hoyek, Nady ^a   Collet, Christian ^a   Rastello, Olivier ^a   Fargier, Patrick ^a   Thiriet, Patrice ^a   Guillot, Aymeric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; COGNITION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; ORIENTATION; ROTATION; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449580759     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401330903014178     Document Type: Article

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