Cognitive traits shape the brain activity associated with mental rotation
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| Titel: | Cognitive traits shape the brain activity associated with mental rotation |
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| Autoren: | Nadia M Bersier, Eleonora Fornari, Raffaella I Rumiati, Silvio Ionta |
| Quelle: | Cereb Cortex Cerebral cortex, vol. 35, no. 4 |
| Verlagsinformationen: | Oxford University Press (OUP), 2025. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2025 |
| Schlagwörter: | Male, Adult, Humans, Female, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Brain/physiology, Brain/diagnostic imaging, Young Adult, Cognition/physiology, Imagination/physiology, Brain Mapping, Rotation, Space Perception/physiology, Reaction Time/physiology, cognitive traits, fMRI, mental rotation, neural efficiency, Brain, Cognition, Space Perception, Imagination, Reaction Time, Original Article |
| Beschreibung: | Mental rotation is a spatial cognitive ability influenced by several factors, including cognitive traits. However, the relationship between mental rotation performance, cognitive traits, and brain activity is still uncertain. To fill this gap, we recorded functional magnetic resonance imaging data while 55 neurotypical participants performed mental rotation with images of geometric objects, human bodies, and real objects. Cognitive traits were evaluated through the Object–Spatial Imagery Questionnaire (visual cognitive style), a perspective-taking task, and the Cognitive Flexibility Scale. Analysis of accuracy and reaction time revealed that (i) mental rotation in spatial-visualizers was more accurate and faster than in object-visualizers, and (ii) visual cognitive style and perspective-taking positively correlated with mental rotation. Brain activity data indicated that (i) individuals with better mental rotation performance had smaller brain activation, particularly in sensorimotor regions, (ii) for the spatial–visual scale and perspective-taking, high scorers had smaller brain activity than low performers, (iii) for the object–visual scale, high scorers had greater brain activity than low scorers. Supporting a neural efficiency hypothesis, the present study highlights the influence of cognitive traits on mental rotation performance and brain efficiency, with spatial-visualizers showing more efficient neural processing. These findings contribute to our understanding of how cognitive styles shape spatial cognition. |
| Publikationsart: | Article Other literature type |
| Dateibeschreibung: | application/pdf |
| Sprache: | English |
| ISSN: | 1460-2199 1047-3211 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/cercor/bhaf069 |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40298447 https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_F1A3B18FD324 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_F1A3B18FD3240 https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_F1A3B18FD324.P002/REF.pdf |
| Rights: | CC BY NC URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.doi.dedup.....2a916a962afb6fadc78df75f0d20a3e7 |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Mental rotation is a spatial cognitive ability influenced by several factors, including cognitive traits. However, the relationship between mental rotation performance, cognitive traits, and brain activity is still uncertain. To fill this gap, we recorded functional magnetic resonance imaging data while 55 neurotypical participants performed mental rotation with images of geometric objects, human bodies, and real objects. Cognitive traits were evaluated through the Object–Spatial Imagery Questionnaire (visual cognitive style), a perspective-taking task, and the Cognitive Flexibility Scale. Analysis of accuracy and reaction time revealed that (i) mental rotation in spatial-visualizers was more accurate and faster than in object-visualizers, and (ii) visual cognitive style and perspective-taking positively correlated with mental rotation. Brain activity data indicated that (i) individuals with better mental rotation performance had smaller brain activation, particularly in sensorimotor regions, (ii) for the spatial–visual scale and perspective-taking, high scorers had smaller brain activity than low performers, (iii) for the object–visual scale, high scorers had greater brain activity than low scorers. Supporting a neural efficiency hypothesis, the present study highlights the influence of cognitive traits on mental rotation performance and brain efficiency, with spatial-visualizers showing more efficient neural processing. These findings contribute to our understanding of how cognitive styles shape spatial cognition. |
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| ISSN: | 14602199 10473211 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/cercor/bhaf069 |