Mental rotation tasks
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| + | Mental rotation tasks involve a person's ability to see a 3-D or 2-D object and imagine that object rotated into a different position. | ||
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Boys tend to be better at mental rotation tasks than girls which could be from experience but, as this tends to be an early developmental characteristic, it could also be due to differential brain organization. (Stirling) | Boys tend to be better at mental rotation tasks than girls which could be from experience but, as this tends to be an early developmental characteristic, it could also be due to differential brain organization. (Stirling) | ||
According to PET research, the parietal lobe seems to be involved in the performance of mental rotation tasks. Patients with damage in the right hemisphere tend to have more trouble and slower response times when engaging in these tasks. (Stirling) A result like this is in keeping with the idea that the right hemisphere is more involved in spatially-oriented tasks and more likely to cause this kind of difficulty when damaged. | According to PET research, the parietal lobe seems to be involved in the performance of mental rotation tasks. Patients with damage in the right hemisphere tend to have more trouble and slower response times when engaging in these tasks. (Stirling) A result like this is in keeping with the idea that the right hemisphere is more involved in spatially-oriented tasks and more likely to cause this kind of difficulty when damaged. | ||
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| + | == Resources == | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_rotation Mental rotation - Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 03:13, 24 April 2008
Overview
Mental rotation tasks involve a person's ability to see a 3-D or 2-D object and imagine that object rotated into a different position.
Boys tend to be better at mental rotation tasks than girls which could be from experience but, as this tends to be an early developmental characteristic, it could also be due to differential brain organization. (Stirling)
According to PET research, the parietal lobe seems to be involved in the performance of mental rotation tasks. Patients with damage in the right hemisphere tend to have more trouble and slower response times when engaging in these tasks. (Stirling) A result like this is in keeping with the idea that the right hemisphere is more involved in spatially-oriented tasks and more likely to cause this kind of difficulty when damaged.
