Yeon Hee Kim, Ja Min, Soon Hee Kim, Sujin Shin
Effects of a work-based critical reflection program for novice nurses
BMC medical education
present study two main goals 1 investigate difference perception mental imagery using visual illusion stimulus 2 inspect gender related differences perception imagery main hypothesis would differences perception mental imagery motivated previous neuroimaging data unlike neuroimaging studies demonstrate great similarity two processes results obtained behavioral studies always consistent assumed inconsistency consequence methodological differences hence explored two processes modified behavioral procedure additional exploration gender differences motivated discrepancy findings existing literature two experiments participants estimated lines constituting horizontalvertical illusion either perception imagery task results confirmed significant difference perception imagery illusion equally strong tasks second experiment additional factor tested stimulus size results showed although significant difference illusion strength gender difference size mental image medium large stimuli male subjects performed equally two tasks female subjects tended underestimate size imagery task tendency intensified stimulus size increased results inform us status illusions imagery also offer answers spatial nature mental representations hope precise measurements mental representation might provide better understanding reasoning uses mental images