Children's Spatial Representation of Directional Movement and Figure Orientations along Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions
- 1 October 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 31 (2) , 641-642
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1970.31.2.641
Abstract
160 Grade 1 children were tested for their ability to conserve multiple spatial relations. An analysis of task-related errors supported Piaget's distinction between perceptual and representational space as well as the importance of eye-hand movement and the relative position of objects in the perceptual field. Children with a preference for their right hand and left eye showed more success in reproducing spatial relations than children with right-hand and right-eye preference. The results were interpreted as supporting a visual-imagery mode of representation but not the importance of verbal knowledge or activity. The significance of mixed lateral dominance to spatial orientation was seen to be consistent with neurophysiological evidence.Keywords
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