TY - JOUR
T1 - Engineers' abilities influence spatial perspective changing
AU - Verde, Paola
AU - Angelino, Gregorio
AU - Piccolo, Francesco
AU - Carrozzo, Paolo
AU - Piccardi, Laura
AU - Nori, Raffaella
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In this paper we studied the effect of engineering expertise in providing directional judgments. We asked two groups of people, engineers and non-engineers, to observe and memorize five maps, each including a four-point path, for 30 sec. The path was then removed and the participants had to provide two directional judgments: aligned (the imagined perspective on the task was the same as the one just learned), and counter-aligned (the imagined perspective on the task was rotated by 180°). Our results showed that engineers are equally able to perform aligned and counter-aligned directional judgments. The alignment effect due to the distance from the learning perspective was, in fact, shown only by non-engineers. Results are discussed considering engineering both learning expertise and specific predisposition.
AB - In this paper we studied the effect of engineering expertise in providing directional judgments. We asked two groups of people, engineers and non-engineers, to observe and memorize five maps, each including a four-point path, for 30 sec. The path was then removed and the participants had to provide two directional judgments: aligned (the imagined perspective on the task was the same as the one just learned), and counter-aligned (the imagined perspective on the task was rotated by 180°). Our results showed that engineers are equally able to perform aligned and counter-aligned directional judgments. The alignment effect due to the distance from the learning perspective was, in fact, shown only by non-engineers. Results are discussed considering engineering both learning expertise and specific predisposition.
KW - Engineering
KW - Expertise-job related
KW - Individual Difference
KW - Perspective Taking
KW - Spatial Memory
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U2 - 10.14710/IJEE.1.2.106-113
DO - 10.14710/IJEE.1.2.106-113
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85109170109
VL - 1
SP - 106
EP - 113
JO - International Journal of Engineering Education
JF - International Journal of Engineering Education
SN - 0949-149X
IS - 2
ER -