Frick, Andrea and Möhring, Wenke and Newcombe, Nora. (2014) Development of mental transformation abilities. Trends in cognitive sciences, 18 (10). pp. 536-542.
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Abstract
Mental representation and transformation of spatial information is often examined with mental rotation (MR) tasks, which require deciding whether a rotated image is the same as or the mirror version of an upright image. Recent research with infants shows early discrimination of objects from mirror-image versions. However, even at the age of 4 years, many children perform at near chance level on more standard measures. Similar age discrepancies can be observed in other domains, including perspective taking, theory of mind, and intuitive physics. These paradoxical results raise the questions of how performance relates to competence and how to conceptualize developmental change. There may be a common underlying mechanism: the development of the ability to imagine things and mentally transform them in a prospective fashion.
Faculties and Departments: | 07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie > Society & Choice > Entwicklungs- und Persönlichkeitspsychologie (Grob) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Möhring, Wenke |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Further Journal Contribution |
Publisher: | CellPress |
ISSN: | 1364-6613 |
e-ISSN: | 1879-307X |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal item |
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Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2020 07:11 |
Deposited On: | 05 Oct 2020 07:11 |
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