Strengthening spatial reasoning: elucidating the attentional and neural mechanisms associated with mental rotation skill development

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Table 5 One-sample t tests: activation as a function of angular disparity for each region of interest

Region of interest	Session	t	P value	Mean difference (95% CI)	BF₁₀
Left VSN	Pre-training	6.03	< .001	0.26 (0.17, 0.34)	> 1000
Left VSN	Post-training	9.82	< .001	0.40 (0.42, 0.48	> 1000
Right VSN	Pre-training	4.76	< .001	0.17 (0.10, 0.24)	684.1
Right VSN	Post-training	8.41	< .001	0.29 (0.22, 0.37)	> 1000
Left LOC	Pre-training	0.47	.64	0.02 (−0.07, 0.11)	< 1
Left LOC	Post-training	3.71	.001	0.18 (0.08, 0.27)	42.37
Right LOC	Pre-training	− 0.03	.98	− 0.001 (− 0.08, 0.07)	< 1
Right LOC	Post-training	− 0.29	.78	− 0.01 (− 0.11, 0.09)	< 1
Left motor cortex	Pre-training	5.25	< .001	0.20 (0.12, 0.28)	> 1000
Left motor cortex	Post-training	7.15	< .001	0.29 (0.21, 0.37)	> 1000
Right motor cortex	Pre-training	4.57	< .001	0.19 (0.11, 0.28)	408.6
Right motor cortex	Post-training	7.18	< .001	0.30 (0.22, 0.39)	> 1000

Abbreviations: BF Bayes factor, CI confidence interval, LOC lateral occipital cortex, VSN visuospatial network