Individual differences in mental rotation: Piecemeal versus holistic processing

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 164-171

  Khooshabeh, Peter ^a   Hegarty, Mary ^b   Shipley, Thomas F ^c  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Mental rotation; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878279276     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000184     Document Type: Article

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