{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from IPython.core.display import HTML, Markdown, display\n", "\n", "import numpy.random as npr\n", "import numpy as np\n", "import pandas as pd\n", "import seaborn as sns\n", "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n", "import scipy.stats as stats\n", "import statsmodels.formula.api as smf\n", "import ipywidgets as widgets\n", "\n", "import os" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Lab 1C: Mental Rotation" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "As described in the reading, in the Shepard & Metzler (1971) experiments, the time it took people to decide if an object was the same (just rotated) or different (a mirror reflection) depended on the angle of rotation: \n", "\n", "\n", "\n", "In other words, it would take you longer to decide if the 30 degree rotated version of your cup was the same as the upright version relative to the 15 degree rotated version. The idea is that in order to make the same/mirror judgement, people actually mentally rotate the object. Bigger angles require more time to “rotate” in your mind just as they would in the real world (see Figure above)." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "