Visuomotor mental rotation: Reaction time is determined by the complexity of the sensorimotor transformations mediating the response

Brain Research

Volumn 1366, Issue , 2010, Pages 129-140

  Neely, Kristina A ^a   Heath, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipointing; Reaching; Reaction time; Visuomotor mental rotation; Visuomotor transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL ROTATION MODEL; MODEL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR MENTAL ROTATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251617148     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.09.096     Document Type: Article

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