Low and high imagers activate networks differentially in mental rotation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3071-3077

  Logie, Robert H ^a   Pernet, Cyril R ^a   Buonocore, Antimo ^a   Sala, Sergio Della ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive strategies; FMRI; Mental imagery; Mental rotation; Visuo spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL ROTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051792577     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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