It Is a "Small World": Relations Between Performance on Five Spatial Tasks and Five Mathematical Tasks in Undergraduate Students.
One of the most robust relations in cognition is that between spatial and mathematical reasoning. One important question is whether this relation is domain general or if specific relations exist between performance on different types of spatial tasks and performance on different types of mathematica...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale Vol. 78; no. 4; pp. 256 - 275 |
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Canadian Psychological Association
Dec2024
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