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Direct linkJohnson, Scott P.; Moore, David S. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2020
Mental rotation (MR) is the ability to transform a mental representation of an object so as to accurately predict how the object would look from a different angle (Sci 171:701-703, 1971), and it is involved in a number of important cognitive and behavioral activities. In this review we discuss recent studies that have examined MR in infants and…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Cognitive Processes, Infants, Visualization
Constantinescu, Mihaela; Moore, David S.; Johnson, Scott P.; Hines, Melissa – Developmental Science, 2018
Some cognitive abilities exhibit reliable gender differences, with females outperforming males in specific aspects of verbal ability, and males showing an advantage on certain spatial tasks. Among these cognitive gender differences, differences in mental rotation are the most robust, and appear to be present even in infants. A large body of animal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Infants, Gender Differences, Spatial Ability
Schwarzer, Gudrun; Freitag, Claudia; Buckel, Rebecca; Lofruthe, Annika – Infancy, 2013
The present experiment examined whether 9-month-old infants' mental rotation ability was related to their crawling ability. Forty-eight 9-month-old infants were tested; half of them crawled for 7.1 weeks on average. Infants were habituated to a video of a simplified Shepard-Metzler object rotating back and forth through a 240 degree angle around…
Descriptors: Infants, Visualization, Spatial Ability, Cognitive Ability
Moore, David S.; Johnson, Scott P. – Infancy, 2011
Mental rotation involves transforming a mental image of an object so as to accurately predict how the object would look if it were rotated in space. This study examined mental rotation in male and female 3-month-olds, using the stimuli and paradigm developed by Moore and Johnson (2008). Infants were habituated to a video of a three-dimensional…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Visualization, Stimuli, Infants
Peer reviewedAcredolo, Linda P.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1984
Investigates the role active, self-produced movement might play in the type of rotation task typically used to assess spatial orientation in children 12 months to 18 months of age. Results indicated that, at least at 12 months, spatial orientation was indeed facilitated by allowing the infants (n = 13) to move through space on their own. (RH)
Descriptors: Infants, Perception, Spatial Ability, Visual Perception
Peer reviewedSmith, P. Hull – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1984
Studies the ability of 5-month-old infants to recall temporal information and use temporal organization by training them to fixate a hierarchically structured or unstructured sequence of stimuli which appeared in four spatial positions. Results are interpreted within a temporal organizational framework; infants appear to use organization within…
Descriptors: Eye Fixations, Infants, Perception, Perceptual Development
