Mental rotation, perspective taking, and performance profiling.

IF 1.7 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
James Negen
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Abstract

In spatial cognition, we conventionally draw a typological distinction between mental rotation (intrinsic, object movement) versus perspective taking (extrinsic, self movement). This paper re-examines a previous finding which could indicate that fundamentally different cognitive processes are reflected in these tasks. Specifically, performance as a function of rotation magnitude is a linear profile for mental rotation but a notched profile for perspective taking. Experiment 1 conceptually replicates this, finding a task by rotation magnitude interaction with more participants, more trials, and updated statistical controls. Experiment 2 extends the previous analysis to verify that the two performance profiles are genuinely different shapes rather than different effect sizes. Together these help confirm that mental rotation and perspective taking reflect fundamentally different cognitive processes, thus justifying their central focus in the typology of spatial cognition.

心理旋转、视角转换和性能分析。
在空间认知中,我们通常将心理旋转(内在的,物体运动)与视角采取(外在的,自我运动)进行类型学区分。本文重新审视了先前的一项发现,该发现可能表明这些任务反映了根本不同的认知过程。具体来说,作为旋转幅度的函数,表现是心理旋转的线性轮廓,但是透视的缺口轮廓。实验1从概念上复制了这一点,通过与更多参与者,更多试验和更新的统计控制的旋转幅度相互作用来找到任务。实验2扩展了前面的分析,以验证两个性能概况确实是不同的形状,而不是不同的效应大小。总之,这些有助于证实心理旋转和视角反映了根本不同的认知过程,从而证明了它们在空间认知类型学中的中心焦点。
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Cognitive Processing
Cognitive Processing PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-
CiteScore
3.10
自引率
5.90%
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44
期刊介绍: Cognitive Processing - International Quarterly of Cognitive Science is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes innovative contributions in the multidisciplinary field of cognitive science.  Its main purpose is to stimulate research and scientific interaction through communication between specialists in different fields on topics of common interest and to promote an interdisciplinary understanding of the diverse topics in contemporary cognitive science. Cognitive Processing is articulated in the following sections:Cognitive DevelopmentCognitive Models of Risk and Decision MakingCognitive NeuroscienceCognitive PsychologyComputational Cognitive SciencesPhilosophy of MindNeuroimaging and Electrophysiological MethodsPsycholinguistics and Computational linguisticsQuantitative Psychology and Formal Theories in Cognitive ScienceSocial Cognition and Cognitive Science of Culture
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