Visual and Haptic Mental Rotation [PDF]
i-Perception, 2011 It is well known that visual information can be retained in several types of memory systems. Haptic information can also be retained in a memory because we can repeat a hand movement. There may be a common memory system for vision and action.
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Are developments in mental scanning and mental rotation related? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The development and relation of mental scanning and mental rotation were examined in 4-, 6-, 8-, 10-year old children and adults (N = 102). Based on previous findings from adults and ageing populations, the key question was whether they develop as a set ...
Marina C Wimmer +2 more
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A Novel Approach to Assessing Infant and Child Mental Rotation [PDF]
Journal of Intelligence, 2023 Mental rotation is a critically important, early developing spatial skill that is related to other spatial cognitive abilities. Understanding the early development of this skill, however, requires a developmentally appropriate assessment that can be used
Aaron G. Beckner +7 more
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Emotion and affect in mental imagery: Do fear and anxiety manipulate mental rotation performance? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Little is known about the effects of fear as a basic emotion on mental rotation performance. We expected that the emotional arousal evoked by fearful stimuli presented prior to each mental rotation trial would enhance mental rotation performance ...
Sandra eKaltner, Petra eJansen
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Effect of dynamic balance on human mental rotation task in female badminton vs. volleyball players [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 BackgroundThe present study aims to compare the mental rotation performance between two non-contact sports (i.e., badminton and volleyball) in different upright conditions (i.e., with and without dynamic balance).MethodsThirty-five female sports and ...
Samiha Amara +9 more
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Gender stereotypes in preschoolers’ mental rotation [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThe investigation of gender stereotypes constitutes a relevant approach to understanding the development of spatial ability and sex differences in the domain.
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Degraded Visibility Body-Specifically Affects Mental Rotation [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThe way we perceive our own body is shaped by our perception. Changes in sensory input, such as visual degradation, can lead to visual-to-motor shifts in the reference frame used to mentally represent the body.
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The impact of presentation modes on mental rotation processing: a comparative analysis of eye movements and performance [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMental rotation is the ability to rotate mental representations of objects in space. Shepard and Metzler’s shape-matching tasks, frequently used to test mental rotation, involve presenting pictorial representations of 3D objects.
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"It's Different for Girls!" The Role of Anxiety, Physiological Arousal, and Subject Preferences in Primary School Children's Math and Mental Rotation Performance. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel)Lennon-Maslin M, Quaiser-Pohl CM.
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022 The present study aimed to examine the neural mechanisms underlying the ability to process the mental rotation with mirrored stimuli for different depressive tendencies with psychomotor retardation. Using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), we
Liusheng Wang, Jingqi Ke, Haiyan Zhang
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