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Spatial Cognition Development

Spatial Cognition Development is a theoretical construct within developmental comparative psychology that specifies the progressive acquisition and refinement of mental representations and processes enabling organisms to perceive, interpret, and navigate spatial environments across ontogenetic and phylogenetic timescales.

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Spatial ability for STEM domains: Aligning over 50 years of cumulative psychological knowledge solidifies its importance.

Jonathan Wai, David Lubinski, Camilla Persson Benbow · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2009 · 1.8K citations

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Human spatial abilities: Psychometric studies and environmental, genetic, hormonal, and neurological influences.

Mark G. McGee · Psychological Bulletin · 1979 · 1.2K citations

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Travel Broadens the Mind

Joseph J. Campos, David I. Anderson, Marianne Barbu‐Roth et al. · Infancy · 2000 · 962 citations

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Severity of spatial learning impairment in aging: Development of a learning index for performance in the Morris water maze.

Michela Gallagher, Rebecca D. Burwell, Margaret Burchinal · Behavioral Neuroscience · 2015 · 872 citations

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A geometric process for spatial reorientation in young children

Linda Hermer, Elizabeth S. Spelke · Nature · 1994 · 711 citations

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  1. NS
    Nora S. Newcombe

    Temple University, United States

    28 publications · 4.3K citations

    26

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  2. JH
    Janellen Huttenlocher

    University of Chicago, United States

    19 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. GV
    Giorgio Vallortígara

    University of Trento, Italy

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. ES
    Elizabeth S. Spelke

    Harvard University, United States

    14 publications · 2.6K citations

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  5. JP
    John P. Spencer

    University of Iowa, United States

    11 publications · 1K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    27 h-index

    52 publications

    6.5K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    51 publications

    5K citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    21 h-index

    40 publications

    5.9K citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    19 h-index

    35 publications

    6K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    51 publications

    3.1K citations

  6. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    17 h-index

    51 publications

    2.8K citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    25 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    15 h-index

    22 publications

    2K citations

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  1. Child Development

    89 publications · 5.9K citations

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  2. Developmental Psychology

    66 publications · 4.8K citations

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  3. Developmental Science

    46 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

    JECP · 39 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. Behavioral Neuroscience

    21 publications · 3K citations

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