Spatial Cognition and Navigation

Scope: Mental rotation; spatial memory.

This category contains 2 processes.

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Mental rotation

Process ID: hed_mental_rotation

Imagined rotation of a 2D or 3D figure to compare with another figure; RT increases linearly with angular disparity.

Tasks

The following tasks engage this process:

• Mental Rotation Task

Fundamental references

• Shepard & Metzler (1971) Science 171:701–703

Recent references

• Zacks (2008) Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 20:1–19

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Spatial memory

Process ID: hed_spatial_memory

Memory for the arrangement and location of objects and environments.

Tasks

The following tasks engage this process:

• Corsi Block-Tapping Task

• Mental Rotation Task

• Virtual Morris Water Maze Task

• Virtual Radial Arm Maze Task