The role of motor processes in mental rotation: selective shaping of cognitive processing via specific sensorimotor experience

H Habacha - Spatial Cognition & Computation, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The involvement of motor processes in mental rotation is experience-dependent: different
levels of expertise in sensorimotor interactions lead to different strategies in mental rotation …

Constraining movement alters the recruitment of motor processes in mental rotation

D Moreau - Experimental brain research, 2013 - Springer
Does mental rotation depend on the readiness to act? Recent evidence indicates that the
involvement of motor processes in mental rotation is experience-dependent, suggesting that …

Differences in mental rotation strategies depend on the level of motor expertise

H Habacha, M Mallek… - The American …, 2022 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
In this study, individuals with different motor expertise levels interacted with both heavy and
light objects to learn about their respective physical affordance before solving a mental …

The role of motor processes in three-dimensional mental rotation: Shaping cognitive processing via sensorimotor experience

D Moreau - Learning and Individual Differences, 2012 - Elsevier
An extensive body of literature has explored the involvement of motor processes in mental
rotation, yet underlying individual differences are less documented and remain to be fully …

The athletes' body shapes the athletes' mind—new perspectives on mental rotation performance in athletes

T Heinen, D Jeraj - Problems of Psychology in the 21st Century, 2013 - ceeol.com
Mentally rotating the image of an object is one fundamental cognitive ability in humans.
Recent theoretical developments and empirical evidences highlight the potential role of the …

[HTML][HTML] Does the athletes' body shape the athletes' mind? A few ideas on athletes' mental rotation performance. Commentary on Jansen and Lehmann

T Heinen - Advances in cognitive psychology, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Athletes exhibit differences in perceptual-cognitive abilities when compared to non-athletes.
Recent theoretical developments focus on the role of the athletes' body in perceptual …

[PDF][PDF] Motor Affordances in Mental Rotation: When minds reflect the world and when they go beyond

S Flusberg, G Jenkins, L Boroditsky - … of the 31th Annual Conference of …, 2009 - Citeseer
A vivid imagination is one of the defining features of human mental life. A large body of
research has shown that mental imagery is supported by some of the same cognitive …

[HTML][HTML] Hand and foot selection in mental body rotations involves motor-cognitive interactions

SF Dahm, EJ Muraki, PM Pexman - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Action imagery involves the mental representation of an action without overt execution, and
can contribute to perspective taking, such as that required for left-right judgments in mental …

[PDF][PDF] The Influence of Visual Language Experience on Mental Rotation Abilities

T Latham - repository.library.northeastern.edu
Sign Language is a visuospatial modality language that is used by deaf and Hard-of-
Hearing populations. Being a visuospatial modality, sign language requires acute motor …

Mental rotation of letters, body parts and complex scenes: Separate or common mechanisms?

M Dalecki, U Hoffmann, O Bock - Human movement science, 2012 - Elsevier
This study compares mental rotation with three stimuli: letters, body parts and complex
scenes. Twenty-four subjects saw letters and judged whether they were mirror-reversed or …