Autonomic physiological activity in mental rotation tasks

Authors
Kalamas, AD Gruber, AL Rypma, B
Citation
Ad. Kalamas et al., Autonomic physiological activity in mental rotation tasks, PERC MOT SK, 88(1), 1999, pp. 211-214
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
ISSN journal
00315125 → ACNP
Volume
88
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
211 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(199902)88:1<211:APAIMR>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The electrodermal response (EDR) during a mental rotation (MR) task perform ance was investigated. For 6 males and 8 females (16-25 years old) there wa s a progressive increase in the number of EDRs as the angle of rotation (co mplexity) of dir task was increased. These results support previous finding s that autonomic physiological activity varies with the amount of informati on processing or its difficulty.