Why Spatial is Special in Education, Learning, and Everyday Activities

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1. Original article

   Focus on the notice: evidence of spatial skills’ effect on middle school learning from a computer simulation

   Colleen M. Epler-Ruths, Scott McDonald… Article:61

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2. Original article

   Reference frames in spatial communication for navigation and sports: an empirical study in ultimate frisbee players

   Steven M. Weisberg, Anjan Chatterjee Article:53

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3. Original article

   Spatial activity participation in childhood and adolescence: consistency and relations to spatial thinking in adolescence

   Emily Grossnickle Peterson… Article:43

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4. Review article

   Uncertainty promotes information-seeking actions, but what information?

   Ashlynn M. Keller, Holly A. Taylor… Article:42

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5. Original article

   Improving cognitive mapping by training for people with a poor sense of direction

   Toru Ishikawa, Yiren Zhou Article:39

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6. Original article

   Spatial ability contributes to memory for delayed intentions

   Veit Kubik, Fabio Del Missier, Timo Mäntylä Article:36

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7. Original article

   Spatial anxiety mediates the sex difference in adult mental rotation test performance

   Daniela Alvarez-Vargas, Carla Abad… Article:31

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8. Original article

   Unpacking the Black Box of Translation: A framework for infusing spatial thinking into curricula

   Kristin M. Gagnier, Kelly R. Fisher Article:29

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9. Original article

   Gesture during math instruction specifically benefits learners with high visuospatial working memory capacity

   Mary Aldugom, Kimberly Fenn… Article:27

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10. Original article

    Telling right from right: the influence of handedness in the mental rotation of hands

    You Cheng, Mary Hegarty… Article:25

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11. Original article

    When it all falls down: the relationship between intuitive physics and spatial cognition

    Alex Mitko, Jason Fischer Article:24

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12. Introduction

    Why spatial is special in education, learning, and everyday activities

    Toru Ishikawa, Nora S. Newcombe Article:20

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13. Original article

    Strengthening spatial reasoning: elucidating the attentional and neural mechanisms associated with mental rotation skill development

    Katherine C. Moen, Melissa R. Beck… Article:20

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14. Review article

    Situating space: using a discipline-focused lens to examine spatial thinking skills

    Kinnari Atit, David H. Uttal… Article:19

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15. Original article

    Elementary teachers’ attitudes and beliefs about spatial thinking and mathematics

    Heather Burte, Aaron L. Gardony… Article:17

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16. Original article

    Exploring the effects of geographic scale on spatial learning

    Jiayan Zhao, Mark Simpson… Article:14

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17. Original article

    Where are we going and where have we been? Examining the effects of maps on spatial learning in an indoor guided navigation task

    Mallory C. Stites, Laura E. Matzen… Article:13

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18. Original article

    Childhood wayfinding experience explains sex and individual differences in adult wayfinding strategy and anxiety

    Vanessa Vieites, Shannon M. Pruden… Article:12

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19. Review article

    Spatial thinking in infancy: Origins and development of mental rotation between 3 and 10 months of age

    Scott P. Johnson, David S. Moore Article:10

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