Mental rotation of random two-dimensional shapes☆,☆☆
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Visual foundations of Euclidean geometry
2022, Cognitive PsychologyCitation Excerpt :This result should not be taken to indicate that our participants lacked the ability to perceive sense differences in rotated 2-dimensional drawings. Indeed, this ability has been repeatedly documented in adults, children and even infants (e.g. Cooper, 1975; Kosslyn et al., 1990; Krüger, 2018; Lauer et al., 2015). The tasks employed in this previous research differed from our task in several respects, potentially explaining the difference in performance (see general discussion).
Rotational complexity in mental rotation tests: Cognitive processes in tasks requiring mental rotation around cardinal and skewed rotation axes
2022, IntelligenceCitation Excerpt :However, Stieff et al. (2018) showed that this order changes when accuracy is considered, instead of reaction time: Rotation in the picture plane – that is, a rotation around an axis perpendicular to the picture plane – was more accurate than any rotation in depth, that is, a rotation around an axis not perpendicular to the picture plane. Other task characteristics of interest include stimulus complexity (e.g., Cooper, 1975; Heil & Jansen-Osmann, 2008; Stieff, 2007; Stieff et al., 2018) and the participant's familiarity with the type of stimulus (e.g., Doyle & Voyer, 2018; Muto & Nagai, 2020; Stieff, 2007). Another characteristic affecting performance that is not intrinsic to the stimuli, is the application of a time limit, as is commonly applied in the Vandenberg and Kuse paradigm: Shorter time limits lead to weaker performance (Peters, 2005).
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This report is based on a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the Ph.D. degree at Stanford University.
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This research was supported by National Science Foundation Grant GB-31971X to Roger N. Shepard.