Hand and Foot Selection in Mental Body Rotations Involves Motor-Cognitive Interactions.

ABSTRACT: Action imagery involves the mental representation of an action without overt execution, and can contribute to perspective taking, such as that required for left-right judgments in mental body rotation tasks. It has been shown that perspective (back view, front view), rotational angle (head-up, head-down), and abstractness (abstract, realistic) of the stimulus material influences speed and correctness of the judgement. The present studies investigated whether left-right judgements are more difficult on legs than on arms and whether the type of limb interacts with the other factors. Furthermore, a combined score for speed and accuracy was explored to eliminate possible tradeoffs and to obtain the best possible measure of subjects' individual ability. Study 1 revealed that the front view is m

SUBMITTER: Dahm SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9688262 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature