Spatial Cognition : The Structure and Development of Mental Representations of Spatial Relations

ISBN-13: 9780898592528 / Angielski / Twarda / 1983 / 292 str.

D. R. Olson;E. Bialystok;D. R. Olson

Opis

First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Preface, 1. Spatial Aspects of the Mental Representation of Objects and Events, 2. On the Formation of Structural Descriptions and Meanings for Objects and Events, 3. Representations of Spatial Form, 4. The Development of Spatial Cognition, 5. Aspects of the Development of the Spatial Lexicon, 6. The Development of Strategies for Solving the Perspective Task, 7. The Development of Strategies for Coordinating Spatial Perspectives of an Array, 8. On the Representations and Operations Involved in Spatial Transformations, 9. The Education of Spatial Transformations, 10. On Children’s Mental Representation of Oblique Orientation, 11. On the Mental Representation of Oblique Orientation in Adults, 12. Explaining Spatial Cognition: A Theory of Spatial Representation, References, Author Index, Subject Index

O autorze

David R. Oslon The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Ellen Bialystok York University