Effects of mental rotation on map representation in orienteers-behavioral and fNIRS evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Taking orienteering as an example, this study aimed to reveal the effects of mental rotation on orienteers' map representation and their brain processing characteristics.

Methods

Functional near-infrared spectroscopic imaging (fNIRS) was used to explore the behavioral performance and cortical oxyhemoglobin concentration changes of map-represented cognitive processing in orienteering athletes under two task conditions: normal and rotational orientation.

Results

Compared to that in the normal orientation, athletes' task performance in the rotated orientation condition was significantly decreased, as evidenced by a decrease in correct rate and an increase in reaction time; in the normal orientation condition, blood oxygen activation in the dorsolateral prefront

SUBMITTER: Zhao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10588725 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature