Selective effects of motor expertise in mental body rotation tasks: Comparing object-based and perspective transformations

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-105

  Steggemann, Yvonne ^a   Engbert, Kai ^b   Weigelt, Matthias ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action perception coupling; Body representation; Mental rotation; Mirror system; Motor expertise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955086114     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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