A mental image is not identical to a physical object, but it behaves as a physical object does in a mental rotation task.This implies the image has:
A)typicality effects
B)hierarchical effects
C)cognitive economy
D)analog properties

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The analog properties of mental images allow them to behave as physical objects do in a mental rotation task, enabling people to mentally manipulate and transform them in the same way as they can with physical objects. This is why mental rotation tasks are often used to study mental imagery. Typicality effects refer to the likelihood that people will categorize objects based on how representative they are of a category, while hierarchical effects refer to how people tend to organize objects into a hierarchy based on their attributes. Cognitive economy refers to the idea that people tend to simplify information processing by using mental shortcuts or heuristics. While these concepts are related to mental imagery and cognition more broadly, they are not directly relevant to the behavior of mental images in a mental rotation task.

A Mental Image Is Not Identical to a Physical Object