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Findings from this research point to the importance of spatial visualisation as a threshold concept for digital art students. The types of spatial visualisation found to be most important were different from mental rotation, the type most commonly tested for in paper-and-pencil spatial visualisation tests.

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Paquette, A. (2018). Conclusion. In: Spatial Visualization and Professional Competence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91289-9_7

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