Is there a threshold for mental rotation?
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1986
Abstract
A threshold-like nonlinearity was found in a mental rotation experiment designed for relatively heavy sampling of small angular disparities. The value of the threshold in this experiment appeared to be around 15°. Results of a control experiment were that subjects easily discriminated orientations differing by as little as 6° using the same stimulus materials. A threshold hypothesis represents one way to think about the flexibility and limitations of mental rotation performance. © 1986, Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society
Volume
24
Issue
1
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Rossi, Joseph S., and Charles E. Collyer. "Is there a threshold for mental rotation?." Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 24, 1 (1986): 1-3. doi: 10.3758/BF03330486.
