Remembering the unfamiliar: Short Term Memory strategies for novel shapes for proliferating virtual worlds

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Smith, G. & Ritzhaupt, A. (2006). Remembering the unfamiliar: Short Term Memory strategies for novel shapes for proliferating virtual worlds. In E. Pearson & P. Bohman (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2006 (pp. 547-552). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2006
June 2006
  Elaine Pearson & Paul Bohman
AACE

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Glenn Smith, Albert Ritzhaupt, University of South Florida, USA

Abstract

This study investigated the strategies that people use to remember and transform utterly unfamiliar shapes. With the proliferation of virtual and digital worlds, people often encounter unfamiliar geometries, for example in chemistry, applied medical fields and the biotech industry. To study strategies for remembering and mentally transforming novel shapes, the study used a three step methodology. Participants: 1) interactively rotated a random polygon, 2) were asked to remember the same shape, and 3) had to determine if the shape (no longer seen) would fit into "a hole in the ground" shown in profile. Following 20 such trials, participants described the following strategies they used for remembering unfamiliar shapes: a) association with a familiar object, b) placing the longest surface of the shape downwards, c) identifying key features of the shape, d) drawing an outline of the shape with finger on the table top and e) mental rotations and mental reflections.

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