Cross-modal visuo-haptic mental rotation: Comparing objects between senses

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 621-627

  Volcic, Robert ^a   Wijntjes, Maarten W A ^b   Kool, Erik C ^c   Kappers, Astrid M L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross modal perception; Frames of reference; Hand; Mental rotation; Touch; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HAND; IMAGINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; ROTATION; TOUCH; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROTATION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956211124     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2262-y     Document Type: Article

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