Coding Location in Enclosed Spaces: Is Geometry the Principle?

Autor/inn/en	Huttenlocher, Janellen; Lourenco, Stella F.
Titel	Coding Location in Enclosed Spaces: Is Geometry the Principle?
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 10 (2007) 6, S.741-746 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00609.x
Schlagwörter	Toddlers; Geographic Location; Cues; Geometric Concepts; Discrimination Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Stichwort; Elementare Geometrie; Lernen; Lernprozess
Abstract	Both animals and human toddlers can find an object in a rectangular enclosure after they have been disoriented. They use geometric cues (relative lengths of walls) to discriminate among different corners (e.g. long wall to the left, short to the right). It has been claimed that this ability is "modular", i.e. exclusively geometric. The present study demonstrates that the ability toddlers exhibit is a more general one, namely, an ability to discriminate relative quantity. Using a square enclosure, we show that toddlers use the relative sizes of the figures on different walls to characterize different corners. We also show that they do not use simple non-relative features to distinguish different corners. Possible reasons for differences in the ability to use relative versus non-relative cues are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10