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Kessler, Klaus; Thomson, Lindsey Anne – Cognition, 2010
Humans are able to mentally adopt the spatial perspective of others and understand the world from their point of view. We propose that spatial perspective taking (SPT) could have developed from the physical alignment of perspectives. This would support the notion that others have put forward claiming that SPT is an embodied cognitive process. We…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Perspective Taking, Spatial Ability, Cognitive Processes
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Pufall, Peter B. – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Tested 63 kindergarten children on a spatial perspective task in which they copied the location and orientation of objects when the model and response spaces were aligned or when one was rotated 90 degrees or 180 degrees. (LLK)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Egocentrism, Kindergarten Children, Perceptual Development
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Rochat, Philippe – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1995
Assessed ability to perceive the distance at which an object is within reach. Results support early development of spatial decentralization and perspective taking, that is, allocentrism. (ETB)
Descriptors: Adults, Distance, Perspective Taking, Self Concept