Mental rotation of objects retrieved from memory: A functional MRI study of spatial processing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 493-504

  Just, Marcel Adam ^a   Carpenter, Patricia A ^b   Maguire, Mandy ^b   Diwadkar, Vaibhav ^b   McMains, Stephanie ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NERVE NET; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 85047686594     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.130.3.493     Document Type: Article

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