Accession Number:

ADA281866

Title:

Mental Rotation With and Without a Concurrent Task: Moderating Effects of Visuospatial Ability

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Daly, Paul K.

Report Date:

1994-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

119.0

Abstract:

Men N 25 and women N 27 rated as either high or low in visuospatial ability as assessed on a battery of visuospatial tests Card Rotations, Mental Rotations, Minnesota Paper Form Board, performed a computer- administered task requiring the mental rotation of abstract geometric shapes presented sequentially, either alone or with a concurrent task of repeating sets of six random digits. Gender and skill-level effects were found. Men were faster than women, and high visuospatial subjects were faster than low. Individual performance did not significantly differ between the single- and dual-task conditions, either in terms of mean response time or rate of mental rotation.

Descriptors:

• *SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
• *VISUAL PERCEPTION
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• SKILLS
• SHAPE
• RATES
• ABSTRACTS
• TIME
• RESPONSE
• MEAN
• ROTATION
• WOMEN
• MENTAL ABILITY
• CARDS
• MINNESOTA

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE