ROLE OF STRATEGIES AND PRIOR EXPOSURE IN MENTAL ROTATION

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.

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

NeuroImage ◽

10.1016/s1053-8119(18)30950-9 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. S117 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

C. Belin ◽

C. Moroni ◽

F. Gelbert ◽

Y.S. Cordoliani ◽

P. Delaporte

Keyword(s):

Mental Rotation ◽

Mri Study

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Mental Rotation Test Performance in Brazilian and German Adolescents: The Role of Sex, Processing Speed, and Physical Activity in Two Different Cultures

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00945 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Petra Jansen ◽

Flávia Paes ◽

Sabine Hoja ◽

Sergio Machado

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Mental Rotation ◽

Processing Speed ◽

Test Performance ◽

Mental Rotation Test ◽

Rotation Test ◽

Different Cultures

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Factors Influencing the Development of Mental-Rotation Ability The Role of Socio-Cultural Background

International Journal of Developmental Science ◽

10.3233/dev-2010-4102 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 18-30

Author(s):

Elisabeth Sander ◽

Claudia Quaiser-Pohl ◽

Christoph Stigler

Keyword(s):

Mental Rotation ◽

Cultural Background ◽

Factors Influencing

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Stimulus Exposure and Discrimination in Rats: A Test of a Theory for the Role of Contextual Factors

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B ◽

10.1080/14640748308400900 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 35 (2b) ◽

pp. 135-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Geoffrey Hall ◽

Stephen Channell

Keyword(s):

Home Cage ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Prior Exposure ◽

Simultaneous Discrimination ◽

Learning Effects ◽

Stimulus Exposure ◽

Variable Stimulus ◽

Facilitated Learning

In two experiments rats were trained on a simultaneous discrimination in a jumping stand. On each trial choice always lay between one stimulus (an obliquely striped object in Experiment I, and a plain grey object in Experiment II) and a second that varied from trial to trial. On half the trials this variable stimulus bore horizontal stripes (H) and on the remaining trials it bore vertical stripes (V). It was argued that the solution of this discrimination would be hindered if the animals tended to classify H and V apart (Bateson and Chantrey, 1972). It was found, however, that prior exposure to H and V in the home cage (which has been supposed to promote classifying apart) facilitated learning and that prior exposure to H and V in the apparatus itself (which might be thought to promote classifying together) hindered later learning. Possible alternative accounts for these exposure learning effects are discussed.

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