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

by D. R. Olson, E. Bialystok

Overview

First published in 1983. This is a volume in a series on Child Psychology. This book offers a set of theoretical ideas which make up a quite general theory of the mental representation of space which accounts both for much of spatial perception but also much of spatial thought. The system is general and economical and can be readily applied to novel problems as we illustrated in regard to Piaget’s water level problem and Koler’s letter recognition problem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317769309
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/18/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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