Telling right from right: the influence of handedness in the mental rotation of hands

Abstract Background This study investigated the impact of handedness on a common spatial abilities task, the mental rotation task (MRT). The influence of a right-handed world was contrasted with people’s embodied experience with their own hands by testing both left- and right-handed people on an MRT...

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Main Authors: You Cheng, Mary Hegarty, Elizabeth R. Chrastil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-06-01
Series:Cognitive Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41235-020-00230-9