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mental rotation

mental rotation Mental rotation is a spatial thinking ability in which a person forms a mental image of an object and imagines how it would look after being turned to a different orientation.

Mental rotation is a spatial thinking ability in which a person forms a mental image of an object and imagines how it would look after being turned to a different orientation. It is used to recognize the same object from a new viewpoint.

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Drafting source: Moore David S.; Moore Dawn Michele; Johnson Scott P.. Minding the gap: a sex difference in young infants’ mental rotation through thirty degrees of arc. 2024; DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1415651; article XML SHA-256 999c046ec5b9cfcd7ed21f13d62224953c6232ea93ce4d4a02fed48f212858e4. “Minding the gap: a sex difference in young infants’ mental rotation through thirty degrees of arc” (10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1415651).
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