Spatial cognition and navigation tasks

A location or orientation in space must be learned, imagined or found; path efficiency, rotation cost and spatial errors are the measures.

This family contains 3 tasks.

Task	Short definition	Processes
Mental Rotation Task	Judgment of whether two rotated objects are identical or mirror images; RT scales linearly with angular dispar…	4
Virtual Morris Water Maze Task	Navigate a virtual circular arena to find a hidden platform using distal spatial cues; latency and search patt…	5
Virtual Radial Arm Maze Task	Virtual multi-arm maze in which participants retrieve rewards from each arm once; working-memory and reference…	4

Assignments marked for review

The filing of these tasks is a judgement call; the note says why they are here and where else they could go.

Task	Note
Mental Rotation Task	Rotate objects mentally; could be filed under perceptual judgment