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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Apr 11th, 9:00 AM

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.