CogLab Homework - Mental Rotation: due Thursday, March 30

1. Print out the graph of your individual data. In your own words, explain the 2 main points that Shepard & Metzler concluded about manipulation of images, and explain if your data conform to those results.

2. What would Shepard and Metzler predict how long it would take using imagery to say how many windows were in a familiar room in which the windows were far apart from each other vs. how many windows were in a familiar room in which the windows were close together? Explain.

3. Practice improves performance on mental rotation tasks. Think about this and explain why this could happen?