Mental rotation, one of the cores of spatial cognitive abilities, is closely associated with
spatial processing and general intelligence. Although the brain underpinnings of mental�…

Research on the mental rotation task has sparked debate regarding the specific processes
that underly the capability of humans to mentally rotate objects. The spread of reported brain�…

Searching for a neurobiological understanding of human intellectual capabilities has long
occupied those very capabilities. Brain gyrification, or folding of the cortex, is as highly�…

Sex differences in spatial cognition are well documented; males typically outperform females
on tasks dealing with mental rotation and spatial navigation, while females tend to�…

In this fMRI study, we examined the relationship between activations in the inferotemporal
region (ventral pathway) and the parietal region (dorsal pathway), as well as in the prefrontal�…

Mental rotation is an important paradigm for spatial ability. Mental-rotation tasks are
assumed to involve five or three sequential cognitive-processing states, though this has not�…

This study investigated how both sex and individual differences in a mental rotation test
(MRT) influence performance on working memory (WM). To identify the neural substrate�…

Mental rotation is an important part of human spatial cognition. In the last decade a growing
number of brain imaging studies have been undertaken to uncover the neural�…

Behavioral studies have reported that males perform better than females in 3-dimensional
(3D) mental rotation. Given the important role of the hippocampus in spatial processing, the�…

Spatial reasoning is a critical skill in many everyday tasks and in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The current study examined how training on�…