Individual differences of visual imagery ability in the benefit of a survival judgment task

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-326

  Nouchi, Rui ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive memory; Imagery ability; Survival judgment task; Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052201348     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2011.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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