It’s Not You, It’s Me

A Review of Individual Differences in Visuospatial Perspective Taking

Bibliographic Data

ID21786101
AuthorsSteven Samuel (0000-0001-7776-7427, University of Essex, corresponding author), Geoff G Cole (0000-0002-9745-3916, University of Essex), Madeline J Eacott (0000-0002-1694-2137, University of Essex)
Year2023
Volume18
Issue2
Pages293-308
Publication date2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives on Psychological Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-6916 • E-ISSN: 1745-6924
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/17456916221094545
PMID35994772
OpenAlexW4292663718
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited132

Visuospatial perspective taking (VSPT) concerns the ability to understand something about the visual relationship between an agent or observation point on the one hand and a target or scene on the other. Despite its importance to a wide variety of other abilities, from communication to navigation, and decades of research, there is as yet no theory of VSPT. Indeed, the heterogeneity of results from different (and sometimes the same) VSPT tasks point to a complex picture suggestive of multiple VSPT strategies, individual differences in performance, and context-specific factors that together have a bearing on both the efficiency and accuracy of outcomes. In this article, we review the evidence in search of patterns in the data. We found a number of predictors of VSPT performance but also a number of gaps in understanding that suggest useful pathways for future research and, possibly, a theory (or theories) of VSPT. Overall, this review makes the case for understanding VSPT by better understanding the perspective taker rather than the target agents or their perception

Cognitive psychology · Perception · Perspective-taking · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Psychology · Social Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes · Artificial Intelligence

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