Individual differences in mental rotation: What does gesture tell us?

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-162

  Göksun, Tilbe ^a,b   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^c   Newcombe, Nora ^a   Shipley, Thomas ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gesture; Individual differences; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL ROTATION; MENTAL ROTATION BLOCK TEST; MENTAL ROTATION TEST FORM A; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882613525     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-013-0549-1     Document Type: Article

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