Rotation is visualisation, 3D is 2D: using a novel measure to investigate the genetics of spatial ability.

ABSTRACT: Spatial abilities-defined broadly as the capacity to manipulate mental representations of objects and the relations between them-have been studied widely, but with little agreement reached concerning their nature or structure. Two major putative spatial abilities are "mental rotation" (rotating mental models) and "visualisation" (complex manipulations, such as identifying objects from incomplete information), but inconsistent findings have been presented regarding their relationship to one another. Similarly inconsistent findings have been reported for the relationship between two- and three-dimensional stimuli. Behavioural genetic methods offer a largely untapped means to investigate such relationships. 1,265 twin pairs from the Twins Early Development Study completed the novel "Bricks" t

SUBMITTER: Shakeshaft NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4967849 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature