Applications of mental rotation figures of the Shepard and Metzler type and description of a mental rotation stimulus library
Applications of mental rotation figures of the Shepard and Metzler type and description of a mental rotation stimulus library
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10.1016/j.bandc.2007.09.003
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2008-04-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Battista, Christian
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作者：
Peters, Michael;Battista, Christian
由Shepard和Metzler使用的3D立方体图形[Shepard，R.N.，&Metzler，J.(197 1)]。三维物体的心理旋转。科学，171,701-703]已经被应用于关于心理轮换的广泛研究。本文简要介绍了这些数字的背景，它们在认知心理学中的一般用途，以及它们在空间行为研究中的作用。特别指出的是，与3D心理旋转图形的性别差异往往只在特定的任务中被观察到，如Vandenberg和Kuse测验[Vandenberg，S.G.，&Kuse，A.R.(1978)。心理旋转，三维空间视觉化的团体测试。知觉和运动技能，47,599-6041，涉及同一问题中的多个数字。相比之下，同样的3D人物成对呈现会产生很小的性别差异或没有显著的性别差异。在对3D图形进行的非常广泛的研究的背景下，以及所使用的刺激材料的一致性的期望，我们引入了一个由16个立方体心理旋转图形组成的库，每个图形以5度步长从0度到360度的方向呈现，并带有其镜像，总共2336个图形。这个免费提供给研究人员的图书馆将有助于创建心理旋转任务，既可以在电脑屏幕上展示，也可以用于铅笔和纸张应用。(C)2007 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
The 3D cube figures used by Shepard and Metzler [Shepard, R. N., & Metzler, J. (197 1). Mental rotation of three-dimensional objects. Science, 171, 701-703] have been applied in a broad range of studies on mental rotation. This note provides a brief background on these figures, their general use in cognitive psychology and their role in studying spatial behavior. In particular, it is pointed out that large sex differences with the 3D mental rotation figures tend to be observed only in particular tasks, such as the Vandenberg and Kuse test [Vandenberg, S. G., & Kuse, A. R. (1978). Mental rotations, a group test of three-dimensional spatial visualization. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 47, 599-6041 that involve multiple figures within a single problem. In contrast, pairwise presentation of the same 3D figures yields either small or no significant sex differences. In the context of the very broad range of ongoing research done with 3D figures, and the desirability of uniformity in the stimulus material used, we introduce a library of 16 cube mental rotation figures, each presented in orientations ranging from 0 to 360 degr in 5 degr steps, and with its mirror image, for a total of 2336 figures. This library, freely available to researchers, will help in the creation of mental rotation tasks both for presentation on the computer screen and for pencil and paper applications. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.