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Subjects either named rotated objects or decided whether the objects would face left or right if they were upright. Response time in the left-right task was influenced by a rotation aftereffect or by the physical rotation of the object, which is consistent with the view that the objects were mentally rotated to the upright and that, depending on its direction, the perceived rotary motion of the object either speeded or slowed mental rotation. Perceived rotary motion did not influence naming time, which suggests that the identification of rotated objects does not involve mental rotation.
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This work was supported by a research grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, awarded to P.J., and by a Human Frontiers Science Program postdoctoral fellowship and Grant LT-558/94, awarded to R.L. We thank Marg Ingleton and Matt Williams for technical assistance and Johann Wagemans for useful comments and suggestions.
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Jolicoeur, P., Corballis, M.C. & Lawson, R. The influence of perceived rotary motion on the recognition of rotated objects. Psychon Bull Rev 5, 140–146 (1998). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03209470
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