Different mental rotation performance in students of music, sport and education

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-163

  Pietsch, Stefanie ^a   Jansen, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Mental rotation performance; Music and sport students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855426237     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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