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By varying what we take to be the saliency oflandmarks (which are cues to location and orientation that are unique and visible from a distance), the slopes and intercepts of the time/angle function in the “mental rotation” task were caused to vary accordingly.
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Supported by NSF Grant GB-40098 to J. H. Hochberg.
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Hochberg, J., Gellman, L. The effect of landmark features on mental rotation times. Memory & Cognition 5, 23–26 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03209187
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