Mental Rotation
FREE for use with an Inquisit Lab or Inquisit Web license.Available Test Variations
A mental rotation task by Ganis & Kievit (2015) using a stimulus set based on the Shepherd & Metzler (1971) images.
The mental rotation task for adolescents used in the ABCD Consortium's longitudinal study on cognitive development from childhood to early adulthood.
The mental rotation task for adolescents used in the ABCD Consortium's longitudinal study on cognitive development from childhood to early adulthood.
The Manikin Test of Spatial Orientation and Transformation as described in Englund et al (1887).
The Manikin Test of Spatial Orientation and Transformation as described in Englund et al (1887). Script runs with touch/mouse input.
The mental paper folding task for children as developed by Harris, Hirsh-Pasek, & Newcombe (2013).
A mental rotation task suitable for children as described in Wiedenbauer & Jansen-Osmann (2008) designed for gamepad input. This script includes pretest, training, posttest.
A mental rotation task suitable for children as described in Wiedenbauer & Jansen-Osmann (2008) designed for joystick input. This script includes pretest, training, posttest.
A mental rotation task suitable for children as described in Wiedenbauer & Jansen-Osmann (2008) designed for keyboard input. This script includes pretest, training, posttest.
A mental rotation task suitable for children as described in Wiedenbauer & Jansen-Osmann (2008) designed for mouse input.
A mental rotation task suitable for children as described in Wiedenbauer & Jansen-Osmann (2008). The script includes only a testing procedure (the download includes one script for keyboard responses and one for mouse input)
A mental rotation task suitable for children as described in Wiedenbauer & Jansen-Osmann (2008) designed for touch screen mobile devices. This script includes pretest, training, posttest.
A test to study perspective taking skill in children using a child-friendly setup based on Greenberg et al. (2013)
A test to study perspective taking skill in children using a child-friendly setup based on Greenberg et al. (2013)
Based on the paper and pencil assessment of left-right discrimination by Money et al (1965)
The Santa Barbara Solids Test as developed by Cohen & Hagarty (2012) in which participatns identify which shapes represent cross sections of a three dimensional object.
A questionnaire on spatial and navigational abilities, preferences, and experiences designed by Hegarty et al (2002).
The Spatial Processing Task as developed by Englund et al (1987).
References
Search Google Scholar for peer-reviewed, published research using the Inquisit Mental Rotation.
Benson, A.J., and Gedye, J.L. (1963). Logical processes in the resolution of orientation conflict. (Report 259). Farnborough, UK: Royal Air Force, Institute of Aviation Medicine.
Money, I., Alexander, D., & Walker, H. T (1965). Manual: A standardized road-map test of direction sense. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
Carter, R., & Woldstad, J. (January 01, 1985). Repeated measurements of spatial ability with the Manikin Test. Human Factors, 27, 2, 209-19.
Englund, C.E., Reeves, D.L., Shingledecker, C.A., Thorne, D. R., Wilson, K.P., & Hegge, F.W. (1987). Unified Tri-Service Cognitive Performance Assessment Battery (UTC-PAB). 1. Design and Specification of the Battery (No. NHRC-87-10). Naval Health Research Center San Diego, CA.
Englund, C.E., Reeves. D.L., Shingledecker, C.A., Thorne, D.R., Wilson, K.P., & Hegge. F.W. (1987). Unified Tri-Service Cognitive Performance Assessment Battery (UTC-PAB) I. Design and Specification of the Battery. Report No. 87-10, Naval Health Research Center, P 0 BOX 85122, San Diego, CA 92138 Naval Medical Research and Development Command, Bethesday, MD (task description: p.26)
Shepard, S., & Metzler, D. (January 01, 1988). Mental rotation: effects of dimensionality of objects and type of task. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance, 14, 1, 3-11.
Hegarty, M. Richardson, A. E., Montello, D. R., Lovelace, K & Subbiah, I. (2002). Development of a Self-Report Measure of Environmental Spatial Ability. Intelligence, 30, 425-447.
Wiedenbauer, G. & Jansen-Osmann, P. (2008). Manual training of mental rotation in children. Learning and Instruction, 18, 30-41.
Gresty, M. A., Golding, J. F., Le, H., & Nightingale, K. (January 01, 2008). Cognitive impairment by spatial disorientation. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 79, 2, 105-11.
Cohen, C. A. & Hegarty, M. (2012). Inferring cross sections of 3D objects: A new spatial thinking test. Learning and Individual Differences, 22(6), 868-874.
Greenberg A, Bellana B, Bialystok E. Perspective-Taking Ability in Bilingual Children: Extending Advantages in Executive Control to Spatial Reasoning. Cogn Dev. 2013 Jan;28(1):41-50. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2012.10.002. PMID: 23486486; PMCID: PMC3593058.
Harris, J., Hirsh-Pasek, K. & Newcombe, N. S. (2013). A new twist on studying the development of dynamic spatial transformations: Mental paper folding in young children. Mind, Brain and Education, 7, 49-55.
Burcal, C. J., Drabik, E. C., & Wikstrom, E. A. (June 01, 2014). The effect of instructions on postural-suprapostural interactions in three working memory tasks. Gait & Posture, 40, 2, 310-314.
Ganis, G and Kievit, R (2015). A New Set of Three-Dimensional Shapes for Investigating Mental Rotation Processes: Validation Data and Stimulus Set. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 3: e3.
Luciana, M, Bjork, J.M, Nagel, B.J, Barch, D.M, Gonzalez, R, Nixon, S.J, & Banich, M.T. (2018). Adolescent neurocognitive development and impacts of substance use: Overview of the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) baseline neurocognition battery. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 32, 67-79.