Investigating the nature of body representations and their use in pair matching and mental rotation tasks

Clifton, A.

dc.contributor.author	Clifton, A.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-14T14:02:40Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-14T14:02:40Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.citation	Clifton, A. (2011) 'Investigating the nature of body representations and their use in pair matching and mental rotation tasks', The Plymouth Student Scientist, 4(1), p. 180-205.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1754-2383
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/13931
dc.description.abstract	Two computer based stimulus-response experiments were conducted with the aim of finding whether Body Representations aid pair matching and mental rotations of 'same‘ or 'different‘ Bodies in comparison to Bicycles. Also to find whether 'disconnecting‘ Body Stimuli would disrupt the BSD and increase RTs. Sixteen different University of Plymouth students took part in each experiment, 32 overall. No significant effects were found for pair matching alone. Body Stimuli were rotated significantly more quickly than Bicycle Stimuli in Experiment 2. This effect was attributed to participants utilising their Body Representations to perform the rotations in a more holistic way. No effect of Connection was found. The researcher proposed that this was due to stimuli limitations and other theories are presented.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Plymouth
dc.rights	Attribution 3.0 United States	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/	*
dc.subject	Body Representations	en_US
dc.subject	mental rotations	en_US
dc.subject	Body Stimuli	en_US
dc.subject	Bicycle Stimuli	en_US
dc.title	Investigating the nature of body representations and their use in pair matching and mental rotation tasks	en_US
dc.type	Article
plymouth.issue	1
plymouth.volume	4
plymouth.journal	The Plymouth Student Scientist