Adult age differences in the ability to mentally transform object and body stimuli

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 709-729

  Devlin, Anna L ^a   Wilson, Peter H ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Egocentric; Mental imagery; Mental rotation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; STIMULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249231404     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2010.510554     Document Type: Article

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