Bauer B, Jolicoeur P
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 1996 Feb;22(1):82-94. doi: 10.1037//0096-1523.22.1.82.
Do 3-dimensional (3-D) figures require more time to rotate mentally than do 2-dimensional (2-D) figures? This question was examined in 2 experiments incorporating 15 2-D and 15 3-D stimuli. For 3-D stimuli, block figures were used of the type used by R. N. Shepard and J. Metzler in their classic studies. For 2-D stimuli, block figures were also used, but with all cubes in a single plane, resulting in 2-D and 3-D figures matched on surface features. Three-D figures elicited steeper slopes than did 2-D figures, supporting the view that the mental rotation of visual representations is sensitive to stimulus dimensionality. The authors summarize the results of several mental rotation studies that investigated stimulus dimensionality and suggest that the evidence across studies is consistent with the present finding. They discuss 2 plausible loci for the dimensionality effect in S. M. Kosslyn's (1980) theory of mental imagery.
与二维（2-D）图形相比，三维（3-D）图形在进行心理旋转时需要更多时间吗？在两项实验中对这个问题进行了研究，这两项实验采用了15个二维刺激和15个三维刺激。对于三维刺激，使用了R. N. 谢泼德和J. 梅茨勒在其经典研究中使用的那种积木图形。对于二维刺激，也使用了积木图形，但所有立方体都在一个平面上，从而使二维图形和三维图形在表面特征上相匹配。三维图形比二维图形引发了更陡的斜率，这支持了视觉表象的心理旋转对刺激维度敏感的观点。作者总结了几项研究刺激维度的心理旋转研究结果，并表明跨研究的证据与当前的发现一致。他们在S. M. 科斯林（1980）的心理意象理论中讨论了维度效应的两个可能位置。
