?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Motor+processes+in+mental+rotation&rft.creator=Wexler%2C+Mark&rft.creator=Kosslyn%2C+Stephen+M.&rft.creator=Berthoz%2C+Alain&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Much+indirect+evidence+supports+the+hypothesis+that+transformations+of+mental+images+are+at+least+in+part+guided+by+motor+processes%2C+even+in+the+case+of+images+of+abstract+objects+rather+than+of+body+parts.+For+example%2C+rotation+may+be+guided+by+processes+that+also+prime+one+to+see+results+of+a+specific+motor+action.+We+directly+test+the+hypothesis+by+means+of+a+dual-task+paradigm+in+which+subjects+perform+the+Cooper-Shepard+mental+rotation+task+while+executing+an+unseen+motor+rotation+in+a+given+direction+and+at+a+previously+learned+speed.+Four+results+support+the+inference+that+mental+rotation+relies+on+motor+processes.+First%2C+motor+rotation+that+is+compatible+with+mental+rotation+results+in+faster+times+and+fewer+errors+in+the+imagery+task+than+when+the+two+rotations+are+incompatible.+Second%2C+the+angle+through+which+subjects+rotate+their+mental+images%2C+and+the+angle+through+which+they+rotate+a+joystick+handle+are+correlated%2C+but+only+if+the+directions+of+the+two+rotations+are+compatible.+Third%2C+motor+rotation+modifies+the+classical+inverted+V-shaped+mental+rotation+response+time+function%2C+favoring+the+direction+of+the+motor+rotation%3B+indeed%2C+in+some+cases+motor+rotation+even+shifts+the+location+of+the+minimum+of+this+curve+in+the+direction+of+the+motor+rotation.+Fourth%2C+the+preceding+effect+is+sensitive+not+only+to+the+direction+of+the+motor+rotation%2C+but+also+to+the+motor+speed.+A+change+in+the+speed+of+motor+rotation+can+correspondingly+slow+down+or+speed+up+the+mental+rotation.&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1523%2F1%2Fmotor_processes_in_mental_rotation.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wexler%2C+Mark+and+Kosslyn%2C+Stephen+M.+and+Berthoz%2C+Alain++(1998)+Motor+processes+in+mental+rotation.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1523%2F