Mental rotation can be described as the brain moving objects s that the individual can understand what they are and where they belong. This skill should allow us to figure out how objects are recognized.
There exists a relationship between areas of the brain associated with perception and mental rotation. There could also be a relationship between the cognitive rate of spatial processing, general intelligence and mental rotation.
COgnitive analysis using mental rotation . would include:
Making a mental image of an object from all directions
Rotate the object mentally until a comparison can be made with other objects.
Mental rotation can be defined as a mental rotation of a previously formed mental image (usually an image of two- or three-dimensional object). Mental object is rotated into different orientations in space.
Maybe the references below will be of help:
Oman C. (2007) Spatial Orientation and Navigation in Microgravity. In: Mast F., Jäncke L. (eds) Spatial Processing in Navigation, Imagery and Perception. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71978-8_13
Wang, H., Duan, J., Liao, Y., Wang, C., Li, H., & Liu, X. (2017). Objects Mental Rotation under 7 Days Simulated Weightlessness Condition: An ERP Study. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 11, 553. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00553