Ability of architecture students to rotate urban maps

Training in mental imagery during education enhances the ability in forming images and increases the performance on tasks involving mental images. In this research we assessed whether the type of undergraduate studies (Architecture or Business Studies) and the ability in rotating mental images influ...

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Main Authors: Diego Campos-Juanatey, Santiago Tarrio, Jesús Ángel Dopico, Alfredo Campos
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Language:English
Published: Universidad de A Coruña 2017-12-01
Series:Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación
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Online Access:http://revistas.udc.es/index.php/reipe/article/view/3110
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spelling doaj-5d56a84958d64dae99b68037262b08db2020-11-25T00:03:26ZengUniversidad de A CoruñaRevista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación2386-74182017-12-014210611110.17979/reipe.2017.4.2.31101295Ability of architecture students to rotate urban mapsDiego Campos-Juanatey0Santiago Tarrio1Jesús Ángel Dopico2Alfredo Campos3Universidade da CoruñaUniversidade da CoruñaUniversidade da CoruñaUniversidad de Santiago de CompostelaTraining in mental imagery during education enhances the ability in forming images and increases the performance on tasks involving mental images. In this research we assessed whether the type of undergraduate studies (Architecture or Business Studies) and the ability in rotating mental images influenced the rotation of urban maps. We selected a group of 208 university students of Architecture and Business studies, who completed a task consisting on the evaluation of 90 pairs of urban maps, deciding if their position was equal or symmetrical. The number of correct choices, errors, and correct choices minus errors were measured. It was found that both the type of study and the skills in rotating images influenced the number of correct choices (without counting errors) and the correct rotation numbers (correct choices minus errors). The ability in rotating mental images also influenced the number of errors in the rotation of urban mapshttp://revistas.udc.es/index.php/reipe/article/view/3110arquitecturaimagen mentalrotación mentalimagenestudios de empresa
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author Diego Campos-Juanatey
Santiago Tarrio
Jesús Ángel Dopico
Alfredo Campos
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Santiago Tarrio
Jesús Ángel Dopico
Alfredo Campos
Ability of architecture students to rotate urban maps
Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación
arquitectura
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rotación mental
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estudios de empresa
author_facet Diego Campos-Juanatey
Santiago Tarrio
Jesús Ángel Dopico
Alfredo Campos
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title Ability of architecture students to rotate urban maps
title_short Ability of architecture students to rotate urban maps
title_full Ability of architecture students to rotate urban maps
title_fullStr Ability of architecture students to rotate urban maps
title_full_unstemmed Ability of architecture students to rotate urban maps
title_sort ability of architecture students to rotate urban maps
publisher Universidad de A Coruña
series Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación
issn 2386-7418
publishDate 2017-12-01
description Training in mental imagery during education enhances the ability in forming images and increases the performance on tasks involving mental images. In this research we assessed whether the type of undergraduate studies (Architecture or Business Studies) and the ability in rotating mental images influenced the rotation of urban maps. We selected a group of 208 university students of Architecture and Business studies, who completed a task consisting on the evaluation of 90 pairs of urban maps, deciding if their position was equal or symmetrical. The number of correct choices, errors, and correct choices minus errors were measured. It was found that both the type of study and the skills in rotating images influenced the number of correct choices (without counting errors) and the correct rotation numbers (correct choices minus errors). The ability in rotating mental images also influenced the number of errors in the rotation of urban maps
topic arquitectura
imagen mental
rotación mental
imagen
estudios de empresa
url http://revistas.udc.es/index.php/reipe/article/view/3110
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