MENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND VISUAL COMPARISON PROCESSES - EFFECTS OF COMPLEXITY AND SIMILARITY
MENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND VISUAL COMPARISON PROCESSES - EFFECTS OF COMPLEXITY AND SIMILARITY
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DOI:
10.1037/0096-1523.2.4.503
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
PODGORNY, P
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文献类型:
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作者:
COOPER, LA;PODGORNY, P
Six Ss (college students and staff) were required to discriminate previously learned" standard" versions of angular shapes from randomly perturbed" distractor" versions that varied in similarity to the standard. Advance information concerning the identity and the orientation of the test form was provided. Ss were instructed to prepare for the presentation of the test form by mentally rotating an internal representation of the designated standard form (identity cue) into the designated orientation. The time needed to prepare for the presentation of the test form increased linearly with the angular departure of the indicated orientation from a previously learned position. This finding suggests that, in accordance with instructions, Ss performed a mental rotation in preparing for the upcoming test shape. Rate of preparation was not affected by the complexity of the standard form presented as the identity cue. Discriminative reaction time was not affected by either test-form complexity or angular departure of the test form from the learned orientation. In addition, striking individual differences in the pattern of discriminative reaction times were found.(16 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)