Mental Rotation: Cross-Task Training and Generalization

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 349-360

  Stransky, Debi ^a   Wilcox, Laurie M ^a   Dubrowski, Adam ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

FLS; Laparoscopy; Mental rotation; Spatial ability; Surgical skill acquisition; Training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78651356862     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021702     Document Type: Article

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