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The Relationship between Coordination Skill and Mental Rotation Ability

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Spatial Cognition VIII (Spatial Cognition 2012)

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Motor and mental rotation processes seem to share the same neural mechanism. Within this study we investigated whether there is a relationship not only between motor rotational ability and mental rotation, but also between coordination skill and mental rotation ability. All participants (42 males and 42 females) performed a standardized coordination test, a mental rotation test, and a speed of cognitive processing test. A multiple regression analysis revealed that both gender and coordination skill is a significant predictor for mental rotation performance. The investigation of motor training on mental rotation performance and vice versa in one experimental design is discussed.

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  1. Institute of Sport Science, University of Regensburg, Germany

    Stefanie Pietsch & Petra Jansen

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  1. Institute of Computer Science, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Georges-Koehler-Allee 79, 79110, Freiburg, Germany

    Cyrill Stachniss

  2. Cognitive Neuroinformatics, University of Bremen, Enrique-Schmidt-Str. 5, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Kerstin Schill

  3. Department of Psychology and School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, 60208-2710, Evanston, IL, USA

    David Uttal

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Pietsch, S., Jansen, P. (2012). The Relationship between Coordination Skill and Mental Rotation Ability. In: Stachniss, C., Schill, K., Uttal, D. (eds) Spatial Cognition VIII. Spatial Cognition 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7463. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32732-2_11

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