Diego Campos-Juanatey

Differences in Image Rotation Between Undergraduates From Different University Degrees

The results of research on gender differences in image rotation appear to be fairly consistent, but little is known of the differences in image rotation between individuals from different professions. The aim of this study was to examine differences in gender and differences in the type of undergraduate studies in relation to the number of correct choices in image rotation, the number of incorrect choices in rotation, and the test score (correct choices minus errors). A total of 555 Architecture, Fine Arts, Psychology, and Business study undergraduates (318 women and 237 men) participated in the study. Participants were administered the Mental Rotation Test. The number of correct choices, errors, and correct choices minus errors was calculated. Men obtained more correct choices and better test scores (correct choices minus errors) than women in image rotation, and women made more rotation errors than men. Architecture undergraduates obtained more correct choices in image rotation and a higher test score (correct choices minus errors) than the other undergraduates groups.

Rotación mental y estilo cognitivo objetual, espacial y verbal || Mental rotation and object-spatial-verbal cognitive stiles

The aim of this study was to assess correlations between the Measure of the Ability to Rotate Mental Images (MARMI, Campos, 2012), an innovative mental imagery rotation test, and each of the three scales of the Object-Spatial Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire (OSIVQ, Blazhenkova & Kozhevnikov, 2009).). Tests were administered to 203 undergraduates, and the MARMI was significantly correlated with the Spatial Imagery Scale of the OSIVQ (r = .42). Weak correlations were found for the MARMI with Object Imagery (r = -.02), and the Verbal Scales (r = -.10). We obtained significant differences between the mean scores of the three scales of the OSIVQ. The highest score was on the object scale, and the lowest score was on the verbal scale. The results are discussed.

El mapa cognitivo de los estudiantes de Bellas Artes I: El conocimiento de hitos urbanos

El objetivo del estudio era averiguar si el genero de los individuos y los anos de permanencia en una ciudad influyen en el conocimiento de la misma. Para ello, se selecciono un grupo de 119 estudiantes de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la ciudad de Pontevedra. El resultado del estudio pone de manifiesto que el genero de los participantes no influye en el recuerdo de los nombres de los edificios, sin embargo, los anos de permanencia en la ciudad si lo hace. Las personas que llevaban mas de un ano viviendo en la ciudad recordaron el nombre de mas edificios y plazas que las personas que llevaban menos de un ano.