The research on mental rotation has shown that
a. people use very different strategies when they rotate letters of the alphabet, as opposed to abstract geometric figures.
b. right-handed people and left-handed people are basically identical in their ability to recognize pictures of left and right hands.
c. young people are typically faster than elderly people in the speed of their mental rotation.
d. young people and elderly people differ greatly in their sense of direction.
Ans: c
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