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A model of rotated mirror/normal letter discriminations
1University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 1142.
Abstract:
Rotated mirror/normal letter discriminations are thought to require mental rotation in order to determine the direction of facing of the stimulus. The response time (RT) function over orientation tends to be curved, rather than the linear function found for other mental rotation tasks. The present study investigated the possibility that the curved RT function is a result of a mixture of trials requiring and not requiring mental rotation. The results suggested that the frequency of mental rotation is also a linear function of stimulus orientation. Moreover, the relationship between an individual's rate of plane rotation and the mean difference in RT between mirror and normal stimuli was replicated, supporting the suggestion that mirrored stimuli are flipped after they are spun (Hamm, Johnson, & Corballis, 2004). On the basis of the present findings, the entire RT function can be modeled by using only the mean RTs for upright and inverted stimuli.
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