Role of motor processes in extrinsically encoding mental transformations

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-202

  Wraga, Maryjane ^a   Boyle, Holly K ^a   Flynn, Catherine M ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental rotation; Motor; Parietal; Perspective taking; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049436892     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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