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Cognitive Structure of Origami Imagery.

Authors :
Fujiki, Akiko
Nishihara, Shinkichi
Source :
Perceptual & Motor Skills; Jun2023, Vol. 130 Issue 3, p1324-1346, 23p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

While previous studies found that origami, when used for cognitive training and education, can improve spatial ability, the underlying mechanisms of this change, presumably associated with the origami folding process, remain unclear. In the present study, we focused on origami imagery in which participants imagined the process of folding paper to create a work of art; and we examined the cognitive factors involved in the imagery process and their association with mental transformations and the extent to which visual imagery was vivid. We identified four specific relevant cognitive factors in origami imagery: (a) controllability of origami transformations, (b) visual imagery of shapes, (c) hand sensations, and (d) visual imagery of colors. We associated the first two of these with non-rigid transformations: the controllability of origami transformations and the visual imagery of shapes. Moreover, vividness of visual imagery was related to all four cognitive factors. We propose this cognitive model of origami as one that considers the key relationships between origami imagery, mental transformations, and vividness of visual imagery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00315125
Volume :
130
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Perceptual & Motor Skills
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
164012663
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/00315125231165546