Jansen, Petra and Lehmann, Jennifer (2013) Mental rotation performance in soccer players and gymnasts in an object-based mental rotation task. ADVANCES IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 9 (2). pp. 92-98. ISSN 1895-1171,
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In this study, the effect of motor expertise on an object-based mental rotation task was investigated. 60 males and 60 females (40 soccer players, 40 gymnasts, and 40 non-athletes, equivalent males and females in each group) solved a psychometric mental rotation task with both cube and human figures. The results revealed that all participants had a higher mental rotation accuracy for human figures compared to cubed figures, that the gender difference was reduced with human figures, and that gymnasts demonstrated a better mental rotation performance than non-athletes. The results are discussed against the background of the existing literature on motor experts, mental rotation performance as well as the importance of the testing situation and the test construction.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ; embodied cognition; motor expertise; gender effect; rotational experts |
| Subjects: | 700 Arts & recreation > 796 Athletic & outdoor sports & games |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Sportwissenschaft |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2020 10:49 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Apr 2020 10:58 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/16485 |
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