Two routes to expertise in mental rotation

Cognitive Science

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1321-1342

  Provost, Alexander ^a   Johnson, Blake ^b   Karayanidis, Frini ^a   Brown, Scott D ^a   Heathcote, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive strategy; Electroencephalography; Mental rotation; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE STRATEGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL ROTATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; TRAINING;

COGNITIVE STRATEGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL ROTATION; TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION;

EID: 84883656547     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12042     Document Type: Article

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