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Wimmer, Marina C., Robinson, Elizabeth J. and Doherty, Martin J. (2017) Are developments in mental scanning and mental rotation related? PLoS One, 12 (2). e0171762. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171762 ISSN 1932-6203.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171762
Abstract
The development and relation of mental scanning and mental rotation were examined in 4-, 6-, 8-, 10-year old children and adults (N = 102). Based on previous findings from adults and ageing populations, the key question was whether they develop as a set of related abilities and become increasingly differentiated or are unrelated abilities per se. Findings revealed that both mental scanning and rotation abilities develop between 4- and 6 years of age. Specifically, 4-year-olds showed no difference in accuracy of mental scanning and no scanning trials whereas all older children and adults made more errors in scanning trials. Additionally, the minority of 4-year-olds showed a linear increase in response time with increasing rotation angle difference of two stimuli in contrast to all older participants. Despite similar developmental trajectories, mental scanning and rotation performances were unrelated. Thus, adding to research findings from adults, mental scanning and rotation appear to develop as a set of unrelated abilities from the outset. Different underlying abilities such as visual working memory and spatial coding versus representing past and future events are discussed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Imagery (Psychology) -- Testing, Mental representation -- Testing, Imagery (Psychology) in children, Mental representation in children | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | PLoS One | ||||||
Publisher: | Public Library of Science | ||||||
ISSN: | 1932-6203 | ||||||
Official Date: | 16 February 2017 | ||||||
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Volume: | 12 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Article Number: | e0171762 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0171762 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ** From Europe PMC via Jisc Publications Router. ** Licence for this article: cc by | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||
Grant number: | RES-000-22-4158 |
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