Capacity for Visual Features in Mental Rotation

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1241-1251

  Xu, Yangqing ^a   Franconeri, Steven L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; capacity; eye tracking; mental rotation; selection; tracking; visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; ROTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; ROTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938585280     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615585002     Document Type: Article

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