Based on the “Object-Spatial-Verbal Cognitive Style Model” from Kozhevnikov, Kosslyn and Shephard (2005), Are there any available instruments to measure the visuospatial dimensions (Object imagery – ability to mentally represent object details like form, color, etc; and Spatial Imagery – ability to mentally represent and manipulate spatial relations between objects and its parts) separately?
Any tips will be welcome, thank you!
There is a task for differentiation between egocetric and allocetric frame of reference. Online version is available here - http://www.navigationexperiments.com/TurningStudy.html
Offline version upon request
Hi, I have a paper on the issue of spatial reference frames here: http://www.academia.edu/2321815/Visual_experience_facilitates_allocentric_spatial_representation and I would be happy to give advice on that. However there are also a number of questionnaires that would provide some insight on this. I am a member of SILC and a whole list of instruments are nicely listed here: http://spatiallearning.org/index.php/resources/testsainstruments
Many of these are freely available to employ.
the simplest (cheapest) way is to let people draw the path from a lecture hall to the cafeteria or alike at the campus. You can measure how accurately they draw various dimensions (distance between buildings, N-S alignment, angles to important roads), amount of abstraction of buildings, trees.
You can use Object-Spatial Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire (OSIVQ; Blazhenkova and Kozhevnikov, 2009).
There are several questionnaires to measure vividness of Imagery, as Marks (1973): Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire. Or Sheehan (1967) A Shortened form of Betts' Questionnaire Upon Mental Imagery.
A test t measure spatial imagery is mine: Campos (2009). The Measure of the Ability to Form Spatial Mental Images (MASMI). You cau use it free.
There are several tests to measure imagen rotation. For example:
Vandernberg and Kuse (1978). Mental Rotation Test (MRT). Or
Campos (2012). The Measure of the Ability to Rotate mental Images (MARMI). You can use it free.
In 1997, Kitchin and jacobson wrote a state of the art of the techniques to collect mental imagery from blind people, however most of these techniques can be used with sighted people : http://people.ucalgary.ca/~rjacobso/web/publications/JVIB97printed.PDF
More than one month lather I´m here to thank you for the answers!
Michal,
I´ve tried the navigation experiment and it´s really interesting, but I actually need paper tests to compose a battery. Nevertheless, it will be useful for me in future studies. Thank you!
Michael,
Your paper helped indeed and I´m using a similar test for allocentric representation in my battery. And I have to say that the link to spatiallearning.org was simply a bless! I´m keen on the topic and it is helping lot! Thank you!
Gerit,
In fact your suggestion is a simple and cheap way to assess some dimensions of spatial ability, but in this moment I just need something closer to a standardized test. Thank you for your tips!
Alfredo,
In fact, I´m already using the OSIVQ! The assessment of their model is one of the basis of my current study. What I need now is just some executive correlation to the self-report instruments. Maybe the MASMI you suggested would be useful, but I haven´t found information about it on the web. I´d pleased if you could put some light on it. Thank you for the tips!
Mathieu,
I´ll take a look at these techniques, maybe there will be useful ones! Thank you!
Thanks Tiago -- keep in touch with your findings! [email protected]
Tiago, the MARMI and the MASMI are in Research Gate. I am sending you the MASMI and a article. If you need more information, please tell me it.
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hello my dear
The MIQ-3 is the most recent version of the Movement Imagery Questionnaire (Hall & Pongrac, 1983) and the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revised (Hall & Martin, 1997). It is a 12-item questionnaire to assess individual's ability to image four movements using internal visual imagery, external visual imagery, and kinesthetic imagery. The MIQ-3 has good psychometric properties, internal reliability, and predictive validity.
Reference:Williams, S. E., Cumming, J., Ntoumanis, N., Nordin-Bates, S. M., Ramsey, R., & Hall, C. (2012). Further validation and development of the Movement Imagery Questionnaire. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 34, 621-646.
Sport Imagery Ability Questionnaire. The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain information about your ability to generate a number of images athletes use in relation to their sport.
Reference: Williams, S. E., & Cumming, J. (2011). Development and validation of the Sport Imagery Ability Questionnaire. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 33, 416-440.
Dear All:
I too would like to know here I could get copies of Blazhenikova and Kozhevikov's Object_Spatial_Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire with interpretation manual. Is it sold by vendors?
Mike
The OSIVQ is sold through MM Virtual Design, LLC (http://www.mmvirtualdesign.com/html/price_list_psychometric_test.html). It is not clear what you are receiving in exchange for the test fees (e.g., Licensing? But for how many uses?) over and beyond the information available in the original validation paper.
Certainly you could use the tests that Kozhevikov used to validate the OSIVQ such as the VVIQ (free), the Vandenberg MRT (free) and the Paper Folding Test (available through ETS for a minor licensing fee by number of copies used), but those tests don't necessarily map onto object v. spatial cleanly.
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