Uncovering the cognitive processes underlying mental rotation: an eye-movement study

Xue, Jiguo; Li, Chunyong; Cheng, Qimin; Lu, Yiming; Yue, Jingwei; Zhang, Chenggang

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-10683-6

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“…Several previous ERP studies have observed significant differences between upright and inverted stimuli in time periods starting at ~400 ms, an effect that has specifically been attributed to MR 31,35 . However, while these studies suggested a single cognitive component, our segmentation and source analyses support -akin to previous modelling studies 44,45 -at least three distinct processing stages. The first stage (290-360 ms) was represented by Map 6 which was mainly present when rotated hands were manipulated.…”

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Does mental rotation emulate motor processes? An electrophysiological study of objects and body parts

Mm¹,

Iannotti²,

Darqué³

et al. 2021

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Several arguments suggest that mental rotation (MR) and motor planning may share embodied neural mechanisms, but the overlap between cognitive processes recruited during MR of objects and body parts is not well established. We here used high-density EEG to examine the cognitive similarity between MR of non-manipulable objects (chairs) and bodily stimuli (hands). We selected chairs because they may appear in a recognizable left-right orientation and are not automatically associated with a manual action. Participants had identical response options for both types of stimuli, and they gave responses orally in order to prevent possible interference with motor imagery. MR of hands and chairs generated very similar behavioral responses, time-courses and neural sources of evoked-response potentials (ERPs). ERP segmentation analysis revealed distinct time windows during which differential effects of stimulus type and angular disparity were observed. An early period (90-160 ms) differentiated only between stimulus types, and was associated with occipito-temporal activity. A later period (290-330 ms) revealed strong effects of angular disparity, associated with electrical sources in the right angular gyrus and primary motor/somatosensory cortex. These data suggest that spatial transformation processes and motor planning are recruited simultaneously, supporting the involvement of motor emulation processes in MR.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Does mental rotation emulate motor processes? An electrophysiological study of objects and body parts

Mm¹,

Iannotti²,

Darqué³

et al. 2021

Preprint

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“…For the angular disparity of 0°, the perceptual and decision-making stages are separated from the rotation stage as no mental rotation needs to be performed. In this context, the novel gridded AOIs analysis 23 , which showed sex differences only at 0°, suggests that men and women are likely to possess different perceptual (visual search) and decision-making mechanisms, but similar mental rotation processes.…”

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Sex differences in a chronometric mental rotation test with cube figures

2018

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In chronometric mental rotation tasks, sex differences are widely discussed. Most studies find men to be more skilled in mental rotation than women, which can be explained by the holistic strategy that they use to rotate stimuli. Women are believed to apply a piecemeal strategy. So far, there have been no studies investigating this phenomenon using eye-tacking methods in combination with electroencephalography (EEG) analysis: the present study compared behavioral responses, EEG activity, and eye movements of 15 men and 15 women while solving a three-dimensional chronometric mental rotation test. The behavioral analysis showed neither differences in reaction time nor in the accuracy rate between men and women. The EEG data showed a higher right activation on parietal electrodes for women and the eye-tracking results indicated a longer fixation in a higher number of areas of interest at 0° for women. Men and women are likely to possess different perceptual (visual search) and decision-making mechanisms, but similar mental rotation processes. Furthermore, men presented a longer visual search processing, characterized by the greater saccade latency of 0°–135°. Generally, this study could be considered a pilot study to investigate sex differences in mental rotation tasks while combining eye-tracking and EEG methods.

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“…Mental rotation -has "five sequential cognitive-processing stages, perceptual coding of the stimulus, identification of the stimulus and orientation, mental rotation of the stimulus, a judgment of parity, and response and execution". It needs eye movement, maintaining gaze, eye tracking, and fixing the visual information [8]. The mental rotation task has one original image on one side and two or more images on the other side.…”

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Learning through Play - Improving Academic Performance through Play

Madhumathi¹,

Selvam²

2021

Education in Childhood

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The education in the early period provides the cognitive development of the child. Globally world organizations are thriving hard to increase the literacy percentage of the children, as education forms the base for the economic improvement of the country. Depending upon educational skills the individual will be placed in the appropriate job. Education in childhood is focused much on the past few decades. Learning through play is a traditional concept of developing the cognition level. At present, an educational scenario also focuses on Game-based pedagogy for teaching and learning. To some extent, this method will reduce school dropouts in developing countries. The children are more attracted to video games and the learning becomes easy for them. In this digital era, blooming technology is the milestone in the educational sector. The grandma’s game is now transforming into the digitalized version. Designing video games by keeping the concepts of traditional games will enhance the learning outcome of the students, especially in early education. Structured, goal-oriented, educational outcome-based video games are necessary to improve the growth and development of the children.

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Uncovering the cognitive processes underlying mental rotation: an eye-movement study

Cited by 43 publications

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Does mental rotation emulate motor processes? An electrophysiological study of objects and body parts

Does mental rotation emulate motor processes? An electrophysiological study of objects and body parts

Sex differences in a chronometric mental rotation test with cube figures

Learning through Play - Improving Academic Performance through Play

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