The Mental Rotation Experiment: Results

These tables show your reaction time and percentage of correct responses at each orientation for the normal letters and the backward letters. For symmetry, your 0 degree values have been repeated in the column labeled 360.

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This graph shows your reaction time results compared to results from a very similar experiment conducted by Cooper and Shepard (1973).

Your Results
Cooper Shepard