Embodied spatial transformations: "body analogy" for the mental rotation of objects.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of experimental psychology. General

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0096-3445.135.3.327PMID 16846268
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