Facilitating spatial perspective taking through animation: Evidence from an aptitude-treatment-interaction

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 505-510

  Münzer, Stefan ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animation; Aptitude treatment interaction; Individual differences; Perspective taking; Spatial ability; Spatial configuration; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861769741     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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