Mental Rotation of Two- and Three-Dimensional Stimuli by Right- and Left-Handers

Abstract

The ability of right- and left-handed men to identify two- and three- dimensional visual stimuli that have been rotated was measured. There was no correlation between the scores on tests with two- and three-dimensional stimuli. How accurately a two-dimensional submarine-target diagram could be identified after it had been rotated was not related to the initial orientation of the submarine, the initial relationship between the submarine and a target, or the degree to which the submarine was subsequently rotated; it was, however, related to the degree to which the submarine-target relationship had been changed. Left- handers performed better than right-handers on the two-dimensional task, but there was no difference on the three-dimensional task.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 19, 1986
Accession Number
ADA175405

Entities

People

  • Essie P. Knuckle
  • S. M. Luria

Organizations

  • Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Classification
  • Cognition
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Education
  • Errors
  • Mental Processes
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Perception
  • Psychology
  • Rotation
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Submarines
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computer Vision.