Penetrating the geometric module
Catalyzing children's use of landmarks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9795135 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Twyman, Alexandra D Twyman (University of Alberta, corresponding author), Alinda Friedman (0000-0003-4463-7428, University of Alberta), Marcia L Spetch (0000-0002-0472-073X, University of Alberta) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1523-1530 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.43.6.1523 |
| PMID | 18020829 |
| OpenAlex | W2125092189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
We used a reference memory paradigm to examine whether 4- and 5-year-old children could be trained to use landmark features to relocate targets after disorientation. In Experiment 1, half of the children were pretrained in a small equilateral triangle-shaped room. Each of the three walls was a different color, and the target was always in the middle of the yellow wall. These children and a control group were tested in a small rectangular room with three white walls and one yellow wall; the target was placed in one of the corners. Children with pretraining responded more frequently to the correct corner than to the diagonally congruent corner on their first set of four trials in the rectangular room, whereas the children in the control group used geometric cues exclusively. Three additional groups of children (Experiment 2) showed that the use of landmark features--both salient and subtle--can be learned in as few as four practice trials in a small rectangular room. The data support the view that both geometry and landmark features are adaptively combined in the same representation
Cognitive psychology · Computer vision · Developmental psychology · Equilateral triangle · Geometry · Group (periodic table · Landmark · Pattern recognition (psychology · Representation (politics · Salient · Set (abstract data type · Artificial Intelligence · Child and Animal Learning Development · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Communication · Computer Science · Mathematics · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |