The existence of a sex difference in spatial thinking, notably on tasks involving mental
rotation, has been a topic of considerable research and debate. We review this literature …

Spatial representation and thinking have evolutionary importance for any mobile organism.
In addition, they help reasoning in domains that are not obviously spatial, for example …

Spatial competence is a central aspect of human adaptation. To understand human
cognitive functioning, we must understand how people code the locations of things, how …

In this lively book, Philippe Rochat makes a case for an ecological approach to human
development. Looking at the ecological niche infants occupy, he describes how infants …

While endorsing Gopnik's proposal that studies of the emergence and modification of
scientific theories and studies of cognitive development in children are mutually illuminating …

A sex difference on mental-rotation tasks has been demonstrated repeatedly, but not in
children less than 4 years of age. To demonstrate mental rotation in human infants, we …

Three-to 4-month-old female and male human infants were administered a two-dimensional
mental-rotation task similar to those given to older children and adults. Infants were …

What aspects of knowledge emerge in children prior to their first contacts with the objects of
their knowledge, and what aspects emerge through the sha** effects of experience with …

Despite considerable interest in the role of spatial intelligence in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) achievement, little is known about the ontogenetic …

Spatial skills significantly predict educational and occupational achievements in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). As early interventions for young children …