The role of visuo-spatial abilities in recall of spatial descriptions: A mediation model

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 719-723

  Meneghetti, Chiara ^a   De Beni, Rossana ^a   Pazzaglia, Francesca ^a   Gyselinck, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Mental rotation; Spatial description; Visuo spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755140539     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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