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...
| Publicado en: | Psychological Record Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 2 - 20 |
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Psychological Record
Winter2011
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