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Burles, Ford; Liu, Irene; Hart, Chelsie; Murias, Kara; Graham, Susan A.; Iaria, Giuseppe – Child Development, 2020
Although much is known about adults' ability to orient by means of cognitive maps (mental representations of the environment), it is less clear when this important ability emerges in development. In the present study, 97 seven- to 10-year-olds and 26 adults played a video game designed to investigate the ability to orient using cognitive maps. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Spatial Ability, Children, Navigation
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Boccia, Maddalena; Vecchione, Francesca; Di Vita, Antonella; D'Amico, Simonetta; Guariglia, Cecilia; Piccardi, Laura – Child Development, 2019
Notwithstanding its well-established role on high-demanding spatial navigation tasks during adulthood, the effect of field dependence-independence during the acquisition of spatial navigation skills is almost unknown. This study assessed for the first time the effect of field dependence-independence on topographical learning (TL) across the life…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Spatial Ability, Role, Navigation