Kaltner, Sandra and Jansen, Petra and Riecke, Bernhard E. (2017) Stimulus size matters: do life-sized stimuli induce stronger embodiment effects in mental rotation? JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 29 (6). pp. 701-716. ISSN 2044-5911, 2044-592X
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Against the background of the embodied cognition approach this experiment investigated the influence of motor expertise on object-based vs. egocentric transformations in a chronometric mental rotation (MR) task using images of either the own or another person's body as stimulus material. The present study aimed to clarify two issues: (1) whether stimulus size (life size vs. small) is able to induce embodiment effects and (2) which role self-awareness processes play when using stimuli of the own body. The same design was conducted twice using both small stimuli (Study 1) and life-size human figures (Study 2). Using life-sized figures in Study 2 resulted in an explicit advantage of self-related stimuli and improved performance for motor experts compared to non-motor experts in both object-based and egocentric transformations. In conclusion, these results suggest that life-sized figures do indeed induce stronger embodiment effects in MR.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SPATIAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SEX-DIFFERENCES; 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS; PERSPECTIVE-TAKING; SELF-RECOGNITION; BODY; ABILITY; METAANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; Mental rotation; motor expertise; object-based and egocentric transformation; self-other related stimuli; stimulus size |
| Subjects: | 700 Arts & recreation > 796 Athletic & outdoor sports & games |
| Divisions: | Psychology and Pedagogy > Institut für Sportwissenschaft |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2018 13:01 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2019 14:11 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/610 |
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