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Differences in mental rotation strategies for native speakers of Chinese and English and how they vary as a function of sex and college major.

In this study we examine how native language, sex, and college major interact to influence accuracy and preferred strategy when performing mental rotation (MR). Native monolingual Chinese and English speakers rotated 3-D shapes while maintaining a concurrent verbal or spatial memory load. For Englis...

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Published in:Psychological Record Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 2 - 20
Main Authors: Li, Yingli, O'Boyle, Michael W.
Format: Article
Published: Psychological Record Winter2011
Subjects:
Gender differences (Psychology)
Psychology of college students
Mental rotation
College majors
Chinese language
Psychology
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