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mental rotation

rotation of an object mentally
Class type of: mental imagery Q257360

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
cognitive process, mental skill[2]
Subclass of
mental imagery[3]
Has effect
mental image[4]
P14541
344PWy[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en mental rotation ar تدوير ذهني ar تدوير عقلي de Mentale Rotation fa چرخش ذهنی he רוטציה שכלית it rotazione mentale ja 心的回転 ja メンタルローテーション pt Rotação mental ru Мысленное вращение tr Zihinsel rotasyon uk уявне обертання zh 心像旋轉 zh 心理旋轉 zh 心理旋转
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Library of Congress authority ID
sh97009210
OpenAlex ID
C68867621
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
58068
FAST ID
1016687
Freebase ID
/m/0bm2zp
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
mental-rotation
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
68867621
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007554019605171
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID
mental-imagery/mental-rotation.html

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🔗 Connections
Has effect 1
mental image
Instance of 1
cognitive process
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Summary

mental rotation is a cognitive process[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 344PWy
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → mental imagery
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → cognitive process, mental skill
    Has effect → mental image
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007554019605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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