A groundbreaking study into the cognitive basis of our spatial navigation and sense of direction is searching for volunteers to take part in a series of trials.
May 13, 2019
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Spatial representations of surroundings, including those outside the visual field, are crucial for guiding movement in a three-dimensional world. The visual system appears to provide sufficient information for movement despite ...
May 10, 2018
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Women underperform on spatial tests when they don't expect to do as well as men, but framing the tests as social tasks eliminates the gender gap in performance, according to new findings published in Psychological Science, ...
Oct 12, 2016
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Research from Indiana University has found that structured block-building games improve spatial abilities in children to a greater degree than board games.
Sep 13, 2016
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Spatial reasoning measured in infancy predicts how children do at math at four years of age, finds a new study published in Psychological Science.
Aug 17, 2016
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Play may seem like fun and games, but new research shows that specific kinds of play are actually associated with development of particular cognitive skills. Data from a nationally representative study show that children ...
Jan 28, 2015
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Exceptional spatial ability at age 13 predicts creative and scholarly achievements over 30 years later, according to results from a new longitudinal study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for ...
Jul 15, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Training young children in spatial reasoning can improve their math performance, according to a groundbreaking study from Michigan State University education scholars.
Jun 25, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Research by U of T Mississauga psychology professor Glenn Schellenberg reveals that two key personality traits – openness-to-experience and conscientiousness—predict better than IQ who will take music ...
May 23, 2013
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Clenching your right hand may help form a stronger memory of an event or action, and clenching your left may help you recollect the memory later, according to research published April 24 in the open access journal PLOS ONE ...
Apr 24, 2013
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