Balancing the mind: Vestibular induced facilitation of egocentric mental transformations

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 332-339

  Falconer, Caroline J ^a   Mast, Fred W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body schema; Mental rotation; Spatial cognition; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VESTIBULE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869829329     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000161     Document Type: Article

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