Cognitive styles and mental rotation ability in map learning

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 391-399

  Pazzaglia, Francesca ^a   Moè, Angelica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Map learning; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL ROTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT SPATIAL IMAGERY QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBALIZATION; VERBALIZER VISUALIZER QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MAPS AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885952417     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-013-0572-2     Document Type: Article

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