mental rotation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmentalandrotation
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mental
adjective
uk/ˈmen.təl/us/-t̬əl/
relating to the mind, or involving the process ...
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rotation
noun
uk/rəʊˈteɪ.ʃən/us/roʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
movement in a circle around a ...
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(Definition ofmentalandrotationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Mentalrotation, involving visual-spatial representation and the ability to mentally "move" those representations, is a cognitive skill that develops gradually.
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A lower proportion of variance could be attributed to these two predictors in the two longer tasks,mentalrotationand form completion (17%).
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A similar recruitment of additional areas with task difficulty was observed inmentalrotationtasks.
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As an exercise, let us apply this improved form of speech to the question of the analog nature ofmentalrotation.
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Effects of illumination and of pictureplane geometry may underlie some evidence given for a process ofmentalrotation.
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Compared to individuals without tic symptoms,mentalrotationability in individuals with tic symptoms was impaired in males but enhanced in females.
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In addition, unlike their female counterpar ts, males with tic disorders showed a relative impairment inmentalrotationability.
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There was no significant decline in accuracy as angle of rotation increased inmentalrotation.
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The notable exceptions were the two longer visuospatial tasks,mentalrotationand form completion, as well as pattern matching.
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In a typicalmentalrotationtask, participants see two shapes and make a same/different judgment.
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In these experiments, subjects had to solve problems already known to involve certain kinds of visual imagery, specifically thementalrotationof visually presented shapes.
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Contrary to this viewpoint, we present evidence showing thatmentalrotationof a simple figure modulates low-level features of drawing articulation.
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They conclude that limbic structures are at least a necessary component for the improvement of a skill formentalrotation(p. 5).
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One of the earliest and most cited results in the research on manipulating mental images is the "mentalrotation" finding.
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This shows a reliable effect ofmentalrotationon starting position: starting position was rotated with the triangle.
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Controlled and automatic processing duringmentalrotation.
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The tasks expected to be the most cognitively demanding were two complex visual-spatial processing tasks involving mental imagery and abstract problem solving,mentalrotation, and a form completion task.
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However, group differences could be present in tasks that are linguistically mediated and/or have a visual- spatial problem-solving component, such as arithmetic,mentalrotation, and form completion.
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