AGE-DIFFERENCES IN THE SPEED OF MENTAL ROTATION
AGE-DIFFERENCES IN THE SPEED OF MENTAL ROTATION
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DOI：
10.1037/0012-1649.18.1.95
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发表时间：
1982-01-01
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
HUNT, E
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作者：
BERG, C;HERTZOG, C;HUNT, E
4个不同年龄组的男性和女性连续4天参加心理旋转任务。中位反应时间与旋转度的线性函数存在显著的年龄差异：年龄较大的受试者具有较高的截距和斜率。在错误率上没有明显的年龄相关差异。几天的练习减少了所有组的斜坡和截距，但它既不能消除也不能系统地减少心理旋转表现的年龄差异。心理旋转斜率和截距与空间能力的心理测试成绩显著相关，但与词汇测试成绩无关。研究结果表明，空间信息处理速度随年龄的变化而变化，这可能导致空间能力心理测试结果的年龄变化。
Males and females of 4 different age groups participated in a mental rotations task for 4 consecutive days. There were significant age differences in the linear function relating median reaction time to degrees of rotation: older subjects had higher intercepts and higher slopes. There were no significant age-associated differences in error rates. Practice over days reduced slopes and intercepts for all groups, but it neither eliminated nor systematically reduced age differences in mental rotation performance. Mental rotation slopes and intercepts were significantly correlated with performance on a psychometric test of spatial ability but not with performance on a vocabulary test. The results suggest age changes in the speed of spatial information processing, which may contribute to age changes in performance on psychometric tests of spatial ability.