Author Question: Describe the classic Shepard and Metzler mental rotation study. What will be an ideal ... (Read 83 times)

anjilletteb · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Describe the classic Shepard and Metzler mental rotation study.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A patient has difficulty distinguishing the difference in meaning between sentences like Barry Bonds hit the pitch and The pitch hit Barry Bonds. You want to do an MRI to see if (the) _____________ damaged.

morganmarie791 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Shepard and Metlzer presented pairs of geometric shapes. One item in the pair was rotated within the picture-plane or in depth. Participants were required to indicate whether the shapes were identical or mirror images. They found participants' reaction time for the task corresponded to the degree to which the object was rotated.

Answer to Question 2