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. 2000 Dec;7(4):654-61.
doi: 10.3758/bf03213003.

Mental rotation is suppressed during saccadic eye movements

D E Irwin  1 , J R Brockmole
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Mental rotation is suppressed during saccadic eye movements

D E Irwin et al. Psychon Bull Rev. 2000 Dec.

Abstract

We examined whether mental rotation is suppressed during saccadic eye movements. Subjects judged whether a character was normal or mirror-reversed while making no, short, or long saccades. Reaction time was longer under saccade than under no-saccade conditions and was longer when a long saccade rather than a short saccade was made, but only when the characters varied in orientation. These results indicate that mental rotation is suppressed during saccadic eye movements. The implications for theories of cognitive suppression during saccades are discussed.

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