Ten-day mental rotation training improves accuracy and response time, with behavioral benefits maintained up to 90 days post-training¶
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q3 i3 After training, accuracy significantly improved and response time decreased compared to pre-test in both 75° and 150° tasks, with large effects (partial η2 = 0.842–0.856 for accuracy). → Linlin Dong 2025
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Linlin Dong 2025¶
Linlin Dong, Yufeng Ke, Xiaodong Zhu, Shuang Liu & Dong Ming. (2025). Long-term cognitive and neurophysiological effects of mental rotation training. npj Science of Learning 10:16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00309-2
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Pooled one-way repeated-measures bootstrap ANOVAs across the four test sessions in both tasks. The article reports "a significant main effect of Time for all measures," e.g., 75° ACC F(3, 99) = 175.80, P < 0.001, partial η2 = 0.842, and post hoc tests showed accuracy improved at all post-tests versus pre-test regardless of task difficulty.
"Bootstrap-based one-way repeated measures (RM) ANOVAs showed a significant main effect of Time for all measures (75° ACC: F(3, 99) = 175.80, P < 0.001, partial η2 = 0.842; 75° RT: F(3, 99) = 196.04, P < 0.001, partial η2 = 0.856"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Spatial Ability — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Long-term aftereffects of mental rotation training differ by task difficulty: sustained gains then decline for the simple 75° task versus decline over time for the complex 150° task — reports the opposite
- Mental rotation training significantly increases P300 GFP, which peaks at 20 days post-training and remains elevated at 90 days — related
- HD-tDCS combined with mental rotation training shows no significant group effect or Group × Time interaction on accuracy, response time, or P300 GFP — related
- Cognitive training gains are maintained or further enhanced at two-month follow-up — related
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Ten-day mental rotation training improves accuracy and response time, with behavioral benefits maintained up to 90 days post-training |
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Ten-day mental rotation training improves accuracy and response time, with behavioral benefits maintained up to 90 days post-training |
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