scholarly journals The role of mental rotation in letter processing by children and adults.

1980 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Young ◽  
Sandra R. Palef ◽  
Gordon D. Logan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Letter Processing

Sex Differences in Mental Rotation Performance Through Holding Weights By the Hands

2020 ◽  
pp. 027623662095233
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Muto ◽  
Soyogu Matsushita ◽  
Kazunori Morikawa
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Error Rates ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Mental Rotation Task ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Sensorimotor Processes

Mental rotation is known to be mediated by sensorimotor processes. To deepen our understanding of the role of somatosensory inputs in mental rotation, we investigated the effects of holding weight by the hands on mental rotation performance. In an experiment, 22 male and 22 female students performed a chronometric mental rotation task while holding either light or heavy bags in both hands. Results showed that females holding heavy bags were quicker and more accurate at mental rotation than females holding light bags, as evidenced by shallower slopes for response times (RTs) and error rates. In contrast, males showed no such heavy-bag-induced improvement. Unlike slopes, intercepts for RTs and error rates were equivalent regardless of sex and bag weight. Consistent with previous research on embodied cognition, the present findings demonstrated the facilitatory role of somatosensory cues by weight in mental rotation and suggested sex differences in embodied processes in mental rotation.

Role of non-occipital areas in mental rotation : a F-MRI Study

NeuroImage ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. S117 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Belin ◽  
C. Moroni ◽  
F. Gelbert ◽  
Y.S. Cordoliani ◽  
P. Delaporte
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Mri Study

The functional role of dorso-lateral premotor cortex during mental rotation

NeuroImage ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 1374-1386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Lamm ◽  
Christian Windischberger ◽  
Ewald Moser ◽  
Herbert Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Functional Role ◽  
Premotor Cortex

scholarly journals The role of visual orientation representation in the mental rotation of objects

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1004-1004
Author(s):  
D. Rothlein ◽  
M. McCloskey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Visual Orientation
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