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Perception of Visual-Tactile Colocation in the First Year of Life
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Freier, Livia; Mason, Luke; Bremner, Andrew J. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
An ability to perceive tactile and visual stimuli in a common spatial frame of reference is a crucial ingredient in forming a representation of one's own body and the interface between bodily and external space. In this study, the authors investigated young infants' abilities to perceive colocation between tactile and visual stimuli presented on…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Tactual Perception, Visual Stimuli, Infants
Effect of Self-Initiated Locomotion on Infant Search Activity.
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Benson, Janette B.; Uzgiris, Ina C. – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Results of a study of 10- and 11- month-old infants support Piaget's hypothesis that practical, action-based knowledge during infancy is involved in achievement of spatial understanding and that the experience of self-initiated locomotion contributes to spatial development. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Infants, Perceptual Motor Learning, Spatial Ability
Functions, Operations, and Decalage in the Development of Transitivity.
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Chapman, Michael; Lindenberger, Ulman – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Tested the hypothesis that some attempts to reduce the performance demands of concrete Piagetian operational tasks may have allowed children to solve those tasks with preoperational functions. Administered two previously used versions of the transitivity task for length and weight to 120 children six- to nine-years-old. The second version was…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Tasks, Perceptual Motor Learning, Psychological Studies
Developmental Change in Young Children's Spatial Grouping Activity.
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Stiles-Davis, Joan – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Used a set of six measures to analyze both the products and process of spatial grouping in 40 children between the ages of 18 and 42 months. Results confirmed and elaborated on previously established developmental findings for each measure. (SKC)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Infants, Kinesthetic Perception, Perceptual Motor Learning
Young Children's Conception of Distance.
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Bartsch, Karen; Wellman, Henry M. – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Investigated preschoolers' understanding of two distance principles: the direct-indirect and the same-plus principle. Children did better on tasks relevant to the principles than on principle-irrelevant tasks. Concluded that even young children conceive of distance as fixed intervals. (SKC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Distance, Kinesthetic Perception, Perceptual Motor Learning
A Developmental Study of Shape Integration Over Space and Time.
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Enns, James T.; Girgus, Joan S. – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Three experiments with observers aged 6 to 21 years of age examined the integration of shape information over successive glances. Results indicated age-related improvements in the sequential integration of shape information, both when integration occurs through successive glimpses over space and when information is separated only in time. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Encoding (Psychology)
Age-Sensitive Cognitive Abilities Related to Children's Acquisition of Spatial Knowledge.
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Allen, Gary L.; Ondracek, Pamela J. – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Two experiments examined the relationship between developmental improvement in performance on tasks requiring acquisition of spatial knowledge and age-sensitive cognitive abilities. Found that age differences in landmark knowledge were mediated primarily by recognition-in-context memory and that age differences in route knowledge were mediated…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Developmental Stages, Learning Processes