Physical Activity Improves Mental Rotation Performance
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Physical Activity Improves Mental Rotation Performance
Even there seemed to be general knowledge that physical activity enhanced spatial cognitive performance almost none experimental studies on this influence exist. For that the influence of physical activity on mental rotation performance is investigated in this study. Mental rotation is the ability to imagine how an object would look if rotated away from the original orientation. Two groups of 4...
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عنوان ژورنال: Creative Education
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2151-4755,2151-4771
DOI: 10.4236/ce.2010.11009