The effects of healthy aging on mental imagery as revealed by egocentric and allocentric mental spatial transformations

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-156

  De Simone, Luca ^a   Tomasino, Barbara ^b   Marusic, Nela ^a   Eleopra, Roberto ^c   Rumiati, Raffaella Ida ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Imagery; Laterality; Motor; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SENSORY FEEDBACK; STATISTICAL MODEL; THINKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; THINKING;

EID: 84879543400     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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