Measure of the ability to rotate mental images;Medida de la aptitud para rotar imágenes mentales

Psicothema

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-434

  Campos, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROTATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863678292     PISSN: 02149915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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