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Understanding of Spatial Correspondence Does Not Contribute to Representational Understanding: Evidence from the Model Room and False Belief Tasks
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Sayer, Catherine M.; Doherty, Martin J. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
We examine the long-standing claim that understanding relational correspondence is a general component of representational understanding. Two experiments with 175 preschool children located in Norwich, United Kingdom, examined the use of a scale model comparing performances on a "copy" task, measuring abstract spatial arrangement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spatial Ability, Preschool Children, Beliefs
Verbal and Visual-Spatial Working Memory: What Develops over a Life Span?
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Swanson, H. Lee – Developmental Psychology, 2017
This study investigates whether age-related changes in the structure of 5 complex working memory (WM) tasks (a) reflect a general or domain specific system, (b) follows a similar trajectory across different age spans, and (c) contribute domain general or domain specific resources to achievement measures. The study parsed the sample (N = 2,471)…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Spatial Ability, Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory
Global and Domain-Specific Changes in Cognition throughout Adulthood
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Tucker-Drob, Elliot M. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Normative adult age-related decrements are well documented for many diverse forms of effortful cognitive processing. However, it is currently unclear whether each of these decrements reflects a distinct and independent developmental phenomenon, or, in part, a more global phenomenon. A number of studies have recently been published that show…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Age Differences, Adults, Change
Evidence in Support of a Model That Predicts How Biological and Environmental Factors Interact To Influence Spatial Skills.
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Casey, M. Beth; Nuttall, Ronald L.; Pezaris, Elizabeth – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Examined ability of individuals biologically predisposed to poor spatial skills to capitalize on opportunities to develop these skills. Found that for girls with brothers, those from all right-handed families had lower mental-rotation scores than did others. Among children participating in mental-rotation-type activities with their brothers,…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Early Adolescents, Family Influence, Handedness