Rate of imagery processing in two versus three dimensions |
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Authors: | Nancy H Kerr |
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Institution: | 1. Oglethorpe University, 4484 Peachtree Road, N. E., 30319, Atlanta, GA
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Abstract: | A series of five experiments was conducted to test the optimal speed for performing two- and three-dimensional imagery tasks. Subjects were required to keep track of the location of a pathway in an imagined matrix, as the directions of its successive movements were described verbally. Matrices varied in size and in number of spatial dimensions, with two-dimensional matrices drawn on cardboard and three-dimensional ones built from wooden blocks. When subjects were able to dictate the rate of presentation of the terms describing the pathway, they preferred slower rates for three-dimensional than for two-dimensional stimuli. In subsequent experiments, very fast presentation rates had a larger detrimental effect on performance with three-dimensional matrices than with two-dimensional matrices. A comparison of the patterns of performance for subjects who generally scored high with the patterns for those who scored low showed a stronger effect of dimensionality for poor performers, suggesting that individual differences mediate performance on the task. |
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