The metrics of spatial distance traversed during mental imagery

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1211-1218

  Rinck, Mike ^a   Denis, Michel ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; RECALL; REVIEW;

HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 7544224425     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.6.1211     Document Type: Review

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