Repetition benefit in mental rotation is independent of stimulus repetition.
In this study, we investigated whether there is a repetition benefit in mental rotation that is independent of stimulus repetition (i.e., due to increased efficiency in postencoding processing). Three experiments were conducted, in which different conditions of stimulus repetition (different letters on consecutive trials in Experiment 1, letters of different orientations on consecutive trials in Experiment 2, and priming of rotation direction in Experiment 3) were used, and the extent of repetition of rotation direction between two consecutive trials was manipulated. The results of all three experiments showed clear evidence of a repetition benefit without repeating the stimulus, suggesting that this effect is independent of stimulus repetition and lending support to the notion of increased efficiency in mental rotation as a result of repeated rotation direction per se.
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310028, China.
Qun
Q
Wan
Chuansheng
C
Chen
Chenyang
C
Wu
Xiuying
X
Qian
D003118:Color Perception; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011930:Reaction Time; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D060865:Repetition Priming
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