A major debate in the mental-rotation literature concerns the question of whether objects are represented holistically during rotation. Effects of object complexity on rotational speed are considered strong evidence against such holistic representations. In Experiment 1, such an effect of object complexity was markedly present. A closer look on individual performance patterns, however, revealed that only some participants showed this effect. For others, rotational speed was independent of object complexity. The assumption that these fast-rotating participants use a holistic representation that equally well holds simple and complex objects would explain these results. Taking error rates into account disproved this explanation: Fast participa...
Using the classic mental rotation task paradigm, I compared participants' performance with Shepard a...
The mental rotation literature commonly reports a sex difference, almost always favoring men. Two s...
Older participants are slower than younger individuals in rotating objects in their minds. One possi...
The ability to imagine objects undergoing rotation (mental rotation) improves markedly with practice...
One's ability to imagine a spatial transformation of an object (e.g. "mental rotation") can be impro...
When participants take part in mental imagery experiments, are they using their "tacit knowledge" of...
People can mentally rotate objects that resemble human bodies more efficiently than nonsense objects...
We examine the Law of Practice, the quantitative relationship between mean response time (RT) and pr...
Much indirect evidence supports the hypothesis that transformations of mental images are at least in...
The scientific objective of the study was to identify factors modifying the eye movements observed d...
Studies have demonstrated that manual and mental rotation show common processes. Training studies ha...
When participants take part in mental imagery experiments, are they using their "tacit knowledge" of...
Cognitive control processes associated with long- and short-term adjustments of human behavior have ...
We conducted a series of psychophysical experiments to investigate the nature and specificity of beh...
In mental rotation, participants must determine whether two stimuli match when one undergoes a rotat...
Using the classic mental rotation task paradigm, I compared participants' performance with Shepard a...
The mental rotation literature commonly reports a sex difference, almost always favoring men. Two s...
Older participants are slower than younger individuals in rotating objects in their minds. One possi...
The ability to imagine objects undergoing rotation (mental rotation) improves markedly with practice...
One's ability to imagine a spatial transformation of an object (e.g. "mental rotation") can be impro...
When participants take part in mental imagery experiments, are they using their "tacit knowledge" of...
People can mentally rotate objects that resemble human bodies more efficiently than nonsense objects...
We examine the Law of Practice, the quantitative relationship between mean response time (RT) and pr...
Much indirect evidence supports the hypothesis that transformations of mental images are at least in...
The scientific objective of the study was to identify factors modifying the eye movements observed d...
Studies have demonstrated that manual and mental rotation show common processes. Training studies ha...
When participants take part in mental imagery experiments, are they using their "tacit knowledge" of...
Cognitive control processes associated with long- and short-term adjustments of human behavior have ...
We conducted a series of psychophysical experiments to investigate the nature and specificity of beh...
In mental rotation, participants must determine whether two stimuli match when one undergoes a rotat...
Using the classic mental rotation task paradigm, I compared participants' performance with Shepard a...
The mental rotation literature commonly reports a sex difference, almost always favoring men. Two s...
Older participants are slower than younger individuals in rotating objects in their minds. One possi...