The impact of presentation modes on mental rotation processing: a comparative analysis of eye movements and performance.

Philipp Stark, Efe Bozkir, Weronika Sójka, Markus Huff, Enkelejda Kasneci, Richard Göllner

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

Visual expertise for aerial- and ground-views of houses: No evidence for mental rotation, but experts were more diligent than novices.Perception · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Philipp StarkHector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Europastraße 6, 72072, Tübingen, Germany. philipp.stark@uni-tuebingen.de.

Efe BozkirHuman-Computer Interaction, University of Tübingen, Sand 14, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.

Weronika SójkaHector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Europastraße 6, 72072, Tübingen, Germany.

Markus HuffDepartment of Psychology, University of Tübingen, Schleichstraße 4, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.

Enkelejda KasneciHuman-Centered Technologies for Learning, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333, Munich, Germany.

Richard GöllnerHector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Europastraße 6, 72072, Tübingen, Germany.

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 390727645

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mental 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. This stimulus material has raised questions regarding the ecological validity of the test for mental rotation with actual visual 3D objects. To systematically investigate differences in mental rotation with pictorial and visual stimuli, we compared data of

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Eye MovementsAdultFemaleHead MovementsHumansMalePhotic StimulationReaction TimeRotationSaccadesSpace PerceptionVirtual RealityVisual PerceptionYoung Adult

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PMID38811593

DOI10.1038/s41598-024-60370-6

PMCPMC11589343

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