Using a touch screen paradigm to assess the development of mental rotation between 3 and 5 years of age

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-127

  Frick, Andrea ^a,b   Ferrara, Katrina ^a,c   Newcombe, Nora S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Mental rotation; Motor experience; Preschool children; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL ROTATION; MENTAL TASK; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESPONSE TIME; SKILL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH SCREEN PARADIGM;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 84882582750     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-012-0534-0     Document Type: Article

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