The link between mental rotation ability and basic numerical representations

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 324-331

  Thompson, Jacqueline M ^a   Nuerk, Hans Christoph ^b,c   Moeller, Korbinian ^b,c   Cohen Kadosh, Roi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compatibility effect; Mental rotation; Number line; Numerical cognition; Numerical representation; Spatial abilities

Indexed keywords

2300; 2340; 2343; ARTICLE; COMPATIBILITY EFFECT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MENTAL ROTATION; NUMBER LINE; NUMERICAL COGNITION; NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPATIAL ABILITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

2300; 2340; 2343; COMPATIBILITY EFFECT; MENTAL ROTATION; NUMBER LINE; NUMERICAL COGNITION; NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION; SPATIAL ABILITIES;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882595423     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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