SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

说明：该提案涉及空间开发 在生命的最初几年里， 这些能力是 重要的是找路和记住位置。 调查这些 能力，提出了四个实验中，1和3岁的儿童 需要10岁的人才能找到他们刚刚目睹的物体 藏在沙盒里 这些实验的目的是：1）测试 幼儿使用层级结构的普遍性和稳健性 跨不同形状的环境的空间编码; 2）确定是否 层级组织模式适用于维护 在空间运动过程中的空间定向;和3）检查儿童的 使用空间标志以在运动期间保持空间定向。

DESCRIPTION: This proposal is concerned with the development of spatial coding abilities in the first few years of life. Such abilities are important for wayfinding and remembering location. To investigate these abilities, four experiments are proposed in which children between 1 and 3 years of age are required to locate an object that they have just witnessed being hidden in a sandbox. The goals of these experiments are to: 1) test the generality and robustness of young children s use of hierarchical spatial coding across differently shaped environment; 2) determine whether the hierarchical organization model is applicable for the maintenance of spatial orientation during movement through space; and 3) examine children's use of spatial landmarks to maintain spatial orientation during movement.