Term ID: T3721

Mental Rotation

/mental-rotation/
The cognitive ability to imagine how objects would look if rotated in space or viewed from different angles.
Example: Solving puzzles that require visualizing how three-dimensional shapes would appear when turned or flipped.

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Reference: Shepard & Metzler (1971)