A short mindfulness induction might increase women’s mental rotation performance

IF 2.1 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.concog.2024.103721

Robert Bauer, Petra Jansen

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Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the effects of an embodied mindfulness treatment on chronometric mental rotation. Forty-four women and 47 men participated and were randomly divided into two groups: a mindfulness induction group and a control group. They completed two sets of 150 mental rotation tasks with cube figures each. Subjective cognitive effort (measured after each block), reaction time, and accuracy were analyzed using linear mixed models with the factors of time, mindfulness, angular disparity, and gender. The significant finding was a three-way interaction between pre-post testing, mindfulness, and gender for reaction times. This interaction suggests that women might benefit more from the mindfulness induction, while men may benefit more from the control condition. The analysis of subjective cognitive effort indicates that women and men perceive the same cognitive effort when solving cube-figure tasks.

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短暂的正念诱导可能会提高女性的心理旋转能力。

这项研究旨在调查具身正念疗法对计时心理旋转的影响。44名女性和47名男性参加了研究，并被随机分为两组：正念诱导组和对照组。他们分别完成了两组共 150 个立方体的心智旋转任务。研究人员使用线性混合模型分析了主观认知努力（在每个区块后测量）、反应时间和准确性，并加入了时间、正念、角度差距和性别等因素。重要的发现是，在反应时间方面，前后测试、正念和性别之间存在三方交互作用。这种交互作用表明，女性可能从正念诱导中获益更多，而男性可能从控制条件中获益更多。对主观认知努力的分析表明，在解决立方体图形任务时，女性和男性感知到的认知努力是相同的。

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Consciousness and Cognition PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

8.30%

发文量

123

期刊介绍： Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal provides a forum for a natural-science approach to the issues of consciousness, voluntary control, and self. The journal features empirical research (in the form of regular articles and short reports) and theoretical articles. Integrative theoretical and critical literature reviews, and tutorial reviews are also published. The journal aims to be both scientifically rigorous and open to novel contributions.