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Spatial Comprehension

Spatial Comprehension is a cognitive construct that refers to the ability to mentally represent, interpret, and navigate spatial environments through the integration of environmental cues and geometric relationships, distinguishing it from related spatial abilities by its emphasis on holistic understanding and situational awareness within built or abstract spatial systems.

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2017–2026

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Exploring the anchor-point hypothesis of spatial cognition

Helen Couclelis, R. G. Golledge, Nathan Gale et al. · Journal of Environmental Psychology · 1987 · 394 citations

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Spatial representations activated during real-time comprehension of verbs

Daniel C. Richardson · Cognitive Science · 2003 · 329 citations · Full text

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Spatial Ability: Its Influence on Learning with Visualizations—a Meta-Analytic Review

Tim N. Höffler · Educational Psychology Review · 2010 · 321 citations

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Spatial representations activated during real‐time comprehension of verbs

Daniel C. Richardson, Michael J. Spivey, Lawrence W. Barsalou et al. · Cognitive Science · 2003 · 305 citations

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Spatial Ability: Its Educational and Social Significance

Doris M. Lee, Ian M. Smith · British Journal of Educational Studies · 1965 · 303 citations

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Authors

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  1. TR
    Timo Ropinski

    University of Münster, Germany

    5 publications · 180 citations

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  2. CM
    Chiara Meneghetti

    University of Padua, Italy

    4 publications · 76 citations

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  3. GL
    Gary L. Allen

    University of South Carolina, United States

    3 publications · 253 citations

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  4. RG
    Reginald G. Golledge

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    3 publications · 185 citations

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  5. BT
    Barbara Tversky

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 73 citations

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Institutions

201

  1. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of Münster

    Münster, Germany

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    196 citations

  3. University of Plymouth

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    177 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    335 citations

  5. Western University

    London, Canada

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    956 citations

  6. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    143 citations

  7. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    206 citations

  8. University of Mannheim

    Mannheim, Germany

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    105 citations

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  1. Cognition

    6 publications · 488 citations

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  2. Spatial Cognition and Computation

    5 publications · 165 citations

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  3. Child Development

    5 publications · 262 citations

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  4. Discourse Processes

    DP · 4 publications · 290 citations

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  5. Cognitive Processing

    4 publications · 127 citations

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