Surprising new findings indicate that many conclusions about sex differences and similarities in cognitive abilities need to be reexamined. Cognitive sex differences are …
Piaget's cognitive-stage theory and the neo-piagetians-Freud's and erikson's psychoanalytic theories-Social learning theory-Information-processing theory-Ethology and other …
DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE; An Advanced Textbook; Eighth Edition Page 1 DOI: 10.4324/9781003387145-8 Introduction: The Importance of Motor Development Motor behavior is critical to developmental …
The existence of a sex difference in spatial thinking, notably on tasks involving mental rotation, has been a topic of considerable research and debate. We review this literature …
A Frick, MA Hansen, NS Newcombe - Cognitive Development, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract We assessed 3-to 5-year-olds' mental rotation abilities using a new puzzle paradigm. It allows for assessment of mental rotation abilities in children younger than 5 …
Background The embodied cognition hypothesis implies a close connection between motor and cognitive development. Evidence for these associations is accumulating, with some …
The embodied-cognition approach views cognition and language as grounded in daily sensorimotor child–environment interactions. Therefore, the attainment of motor milestones …
W Möhring, A Frick - Child development, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, 6‐month‐olds' ability to mentally rotate objects was investigated using the violation‐of‐expectation paradigm. Forty infants watched an asymmetric object being moved …
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 …