The malleability of spatial skills: a meta-analysis of training studies.

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  2013

• Venue

  Psychological bulletin

• Publication date

  2013-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Engineering, Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/a0028446PMID 22663761
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