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3b Mental Rotation
1. The results obtained in this experiment confirm that the recognition models predict quite well that familiarity or experience plays a prominent role in the recognition of the 3D blocks. It seems that in the rotation of these images familiarity plays a very important role, since it can be assumed that if familiarity is true, then subjects who are familiar with any object or behavior will find it easier to make a mental rotation.
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The results showed the typical effect of mental rotation on response times. There were moments when I could not tell if the shapes were different or the same. As when a rotated object is presented to us, we mentally tend to turn it into its usual position. We first rotate it mentally until it is placed vertically,
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