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TASK
mental rotation task
Subjects view visual stimuli (2D or 3D) and determine whether and to what extent they are rotated between trials.



Definition contributed by MLewis about a week ago.

Task Conditions

No conditions have yet been associated.
Task Contrasts



Task Indicators


response time


areas of activation



Task records: 3  
spatial ability
  • average male score minus average female score
  
  • areas of activation during task minus baseline
  
mental rotation
  • areas of activation during task minus baseline
  

NPicchetti Initial definition from the BrainMapLex.xls file located in the documentation section of: http://brainmap.org/scribe/index.html
about one year ago

Revision 3

Definition contributed by MLewis about a week ago:
subjects view visual stimuli (2D or 3D) and determine whether and to what extent they are rotated between trials

Revision 2

Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:
Subjects view rotated letters, numbers, or objects (2D or 3D) and indicate if they are in their normal or mirror orientation; includes variations, but all tasks include mental rotation of stimuli.

Revision 1

Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:
Subjects view rotated letters, numbers, or objects (2D or 3D) and indicate if they are in their normal or mirror orientation; includes variations, but all tasks include mental rotation of stimuli. (from the BrainMapLex.xls file located in the documentation section of: http://brainmap.org/scribe/index.html)

View Term Event Log
A large sex difference on a two-dimensional mental rotation task.
Collins DW, Kimura D
(Behav Neurosci)
1997 Aug
Open Abstract | Citation Profile
Mental rotation: an event-related potential study with a validated mental rotation task.
Peronnet F, Farah MJ
(Brain Cogn)
1989 Mar
Open Abstract | Citation Profile
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of sex differences in a mental rotation task.
Thomsen T, Hugdahl K, Ersland L, Barndon R, Lundervold A, Smievoll AI, Roscher BE, Sundberg H
(Med Sci Monit)
2000 Nov-Dec
Open Abstract | Citation Profile



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