Should social savvy equal good spatial skills? The interaction of social skills with spatial perspective taking

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-205

  Shelton, Amy Lynne ^a   Clements Stephens, Amy M ^a   Lam, Wai Yim ^a   Pak, Diana M ^a   Murray, Alexandra J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Individual differences; Perspective taking; Social skills; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; ROTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEER GROUP; ROTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866245930     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024617     Document Type: Article

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