Event Title
Can You Use Your Hand? Mirror-tracing Familiar and Unfamiliar Objects Across Genders
Presentation Type
Poster/Portfolio
Presenter Major(s)
Accounting, Social Work
Mentor Information
Gordon Alderink, Bradley Ambrose, James Scott
Department
Frederik Meijer Honors College, Physics, Movement Science
Location
Kirkhof Center KC43
Start Date
11-4-2012 9:00 AM
Keywords
Gender, Physical Science
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to compare the ability of right-handed male and female college students to learn to mirror-trace familiar and unfamiliar shapes. Each student will fill out a pre-test survey to verify their age, gender, and preferred hand, and that they have no previous experience in mirror-tracing. Ten men and ten women will perform the mirror-tracing experiment with a star (known shape), while a separate ten men and ten women will perform the mirror-tracing experiment with an unknown shape. Each will trace their shape 10 times, and their scores will be recorded.
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Can You Use Your Hand? Mirror-tracing Familiar and Unfamiliar Objects Across Genders
Kirkhof Center KC43
The purpose of this study is to compare the ability of right-handed male and female college students to learn to mirror-trace familiar and unfamiliar shapes. Each student will fill out a pre-test survey to verify their age, gender, and preferred hand, and that they have no previous experience in mirror-tracing. Ten men and ten women will perform the mirror-tracing experiment with a star (known shape), while a separate ten men and ten women will perform the mirror-tracing experiment with an unknown shape. Each will trace their shape 10 times, and their scores will be recorded.