Trade-off in object versus spatial visualization abilities: Restriction in the development of visual-processing resources

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Kozhevnikov, Maria ^a   Blazhenkova, Olesya ^a   Becker, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARCHITECTURE; ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANITIES; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; ART; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; MALE; SCIENCE; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74849128941     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.1.29     Document Type: Article

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