Mental Rotation With and Without a Concurrent Task: Moderating Effects ofVisuospatial Ability

摘要

Men (N = 25) and women (N = 27) rated as either high or low in visuospatialability as assessed on a battery of visuospatial tests (Card Rotations, Mental Rotations, Minnesota Paper Form Board), performed a computer-administered task requiring the mental rotation of abstract geometric shapes presented sequentially, either alone or with a concurrent task of repeating sets of six random digits. Gender and skill-level effects were found. Men were faster than women, and high visuospatial subjects were faster than low. Individual