The improvement in mental rotation performance in primary school-aged children after a two-week motor-training

Educational Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-86

  Blüchel, Maike ^a   Lehmann, Jennifer ^a   Kellner, Jan ^a   Jansen, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

mental rotation; motor training; school grades; school aged children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871323690     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2012.707612     Document Type: Article

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