Effects of Mental and Manual Rotation Training on Mental and Manual Rotation Performance |
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Authors: | Deanne M. Adams Andrew T. Stull Mary Hegarty |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA;2. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | Previous research has shown that training can improve mental rotation performance and has found connections between mental and manual rotation. Here we examine how practice in mental or manual (virtual) rotation, affects performance on mental and manual rotation tasks, compared to a control condition. Experiment 1 examined improvement on a mental rotation task following practice in mental or manual rotation. Both mental and manual rotation practice led to more efficient posttest performance. Experiment 2 examined improvement on a manual rotation task. Practice in manual but not mental rotation led to improved performance. Analyses of the manual rotation trajectories revealed no evidence of strategy differences. These results suggest that manual rotation may require additional processes outside of those needed for mental rotation. In terms of training effects, manual rotation training improved both manual and mental rotation performance, whereas mental rotation only significant improved mental rotation performance. |
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Keywords: | manual rotation mental rotation training |
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