Visual-spatial abilities are NOT related to the speed of mental rotation.

IF 4.6 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS ACS Applied Bio Materials Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-09 DOI:10.1037/xhp0001212

Mattan S Ben-Shachar, Andrea Berger

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Individuals' reaction time (RT) slopes in tasks of mental rotation have been found to be related to other measures of visual-spatial abilities, and thus are often viewed as a psychometric measure of visual-spatial abilities. The common interpretation of individual RT slopes is as a measure of the speed at which the rotation is carried out. However, electroencephalography studies have found that the process of mental rotation continues after response selection has been carried out, casting doubt on the interpretation of RT slopes as measures of the speed of mental rotation. This study made use of electroencephalography techniques to directly capture individual differences in the speed of mental rotation and assess their association with visual-spatial abilities. We found that individual differences in mental rotation speed are not related to individual differences in RT slopes. Moreover, a computation model supports an alternative explanation by which RT slopes reflect individual differences in differential tolerances for stimulus identification within mental rotation tasks. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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视觉空间能力与心理旋转速度无关。

研究发现，个体在心理旋转任务中的反应时间（RT）斜率与视觉空间能力的其他测量指标相关，因此通常被视为视觉空间能力的心理测量指标。对个体反应斜率的常见解释是旋转速度的测量。然而，脑电图研究发现，在进行反应选择之后，心理旋转过程仍在继续，这就对将 RT 斜率解释为心理旋转速度的测量方法产生了怀疑。本研究利用脑电图技术直接捕捉心理旋转速度的个体差异，并评估其与视觉空间能力的关联。我们发现，心理旋转速度的个体差异与RT斜率的个体差异无关。此外，计算模型支持另一种解释，即在心智旋转任务中，RT斜率反映了刺激识别容忍度的个体差异。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有）。

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