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Improving older adults' mental rotat...

McCarthy, Ann L.

Improving older adults' mental rotation skills through computer training.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : 單行本
正題名/作者:	Improving older adults' mental rotation skills through computer training./
作者:	McCarthy, Ann L.
面頁冊數:	155 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-11, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-11A.
標題:	Gerontology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3424533
ISBN:	9781124229447

Improving older adults' mental rotation skills through computer training.
McCarthy, Ann L.

Improving older adults' mental rotation skills through computer training. - 155 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-11, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Akron, 2010.

Many studies have documented age-related decline of mental rotation abilities (e.g. Berg, Hertzog, and Hunt, 1982; and Hertzog, Vernon, and Rypma, 1993). None have attempted to design a training program to improve older adults' mental rotation performance. This study's focus was development of a program to benefit adults in mentally rotating block figures. Support training (environmental support or practice), and variability training (high or low) effects were tested. Environmental support provided colored "cue" blocks and allowed participants to manually rotate the figures. High and low variability varied in number of distinct rotation angles used in training. Effects of figure complexity were assessed by varying number of blocks and projections making up the figures.

ISBN: 9781124229447Subjects--Topical Terms:

168436
Gerontology.

Improving older adults' mental rotation skills through computer training.
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