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Allen, Shanley; Ozyurek, Ash; Kita, Sotaro; Brown, Amanda; Furman, Reyhan; Ishizuka, Tomoko; Fujii, Mihoko – Cognition, 2007
Different languages map semantic elements of spatial relations onto different lexical and syntactic units. These crosslinguistic differences raise important questions for language development in terms of how this variation is learned by children. We investigated how Turkish-, English-, and Japanese-speaking children (mean age 3;8) package the…
Descriptors: Syntax, Children, Contrastive Linguistics, English
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Wiegmann, Douglas A.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1992
Three experiments involving 102 college students examined the impact of knowledge map configuration on acquisition of information. Variations in spatial configuration, map format, and link structure affected encoding and retrieval of information. These effects were mediated by the users' spatial and verbal abilities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Encoding (Psychology)