Trial reportQuarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)2022
Manual training of mental rotation performance: Visual representation of rotating figures is the main driver for improvements.
Trial report in Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of physically active lessons and active breaks on cognitive performance and health indicators in elementary school children: a cluster randomized trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- Visual expertise for aerial- and ground-views of houses: No evidence for mental rotation, but experts were more diligent than novices.Perception · 2026Article
- A comprehensive approach to studying motor planning and execution using 3D-printed objects and motion tracking technology.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Mental Rotation Performance: Contribution of Item Features to Difficulties and Functional Adaptation.Journal of Intelligence · 2024Article
- The influence of the design of mental rotation trials on performance and possible differences between sexes: A theoretical review and experimental investigation.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2024Review
- The effect of internal and external visualization of rotation on postural stability.Frontiers in cognition · 2024Article
- Hand and Foot Selection in Mental Body Rotations Involves Motor-Cognitive Interactions.Brain sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
Studies have demonstrated that manual and mental rotation show common processes. Training studies have shown that a manual and concurrent visual rotation improves mental rotation performance. In this study, we separated the visual rotation from the manual rotation. In all, 121 participants were randomly assigned to visual training, manual rotation training, or manual training without rotational movement. Before and after the training session of 30 min, they had to solve a chronometric mental rotation test. Data were analysed with linear mixed models and showed an improvement in mental rotation performance for all groups. However, this improvement did not differ between groups. Due to the independence of the form and occurrence of the manual activity, this suggests that it is not the motor activity, but the concurrent visual rotation that leads to improvements in mental rotation tasks. Therefore, the visual component in mental rotation tasks has to be investigated in more detail.
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