Mental imagery and the relation with cognitive and personality aspects

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Mario Antonio Lado
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
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Alfredo Campos
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
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Vol. Extr., núm. 01 (2015) - XIII CIG-PP, XIII Congreso Internacional G-P de Psicopedagogía. Área 1: APRENDIZAJE, MEMORIA Y MOTIVACIÓN, pages 126-129
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17979/reipe.2015.0.01.663
Submitted: Jun 15, 2015 Accepted: Aug 27, 2015 Published: Oct 26, 2015
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the ability rotate spatial mental images and cognitive aspects such as memory, the ability for arithmetic and general mental abilities; also, the relationship between the ability to rotate spatial mental images and personality characteristics were investigated.. The results indicate that people with higher ability to create and rotate mental spatial imagery have better results on cognitive abilities measured in this study; also, the results indicate that the ability to rotate spatial mental imagery show significant correlations with two of the five personality factors: Energy and Conscientiousness.

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mental imagery, cognition, personality

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