dc.contributor.author | Wimmer, Marina C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Maras, Katie L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Robinson, Elizabeth J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Doherty, Martin J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pugeault, N | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-05T10:55:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-11-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | Two experiments examined the nature of visuo-spatial mental imagery generation and maintenance in 4-, 6-, 8-, 10-year old children and adults (N = 211). The key questions were how image generation and maintenance develop (Experiment 1) and how accurately children and adults coordinate mental and visually perceived images (Experiment 2). Experiment 1 indicated that basic image generation and maintenance abilities are present at 4 years of age but the precision with which images are generated and maintained improves particularly between 4 and 8 years. In addition to increased precision, Experiment 2 demonstrated that generated and maintained mental images become increasingly similar to visually perceived objects. Altogether, findings suggest that for simple tasks demanding image generation and maintenance, children attain adult-like precision younger than previously reported. This research also sheds new light on the ability to coordinate mental images with visual images in children and adults. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 10 (11), article e0142566 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0142566 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | RES-000-22-4158 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/19619 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26562296 | en_GB |
dc.rights | Copyright: © 2015 Wimmer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited | en_GB |
dc.title | How Visuo-Spatial Mental Imagery Develops: Image Generation and Maintenance | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-05T10:55:50Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | United States | |
dc.identifier.journal | PLoS One | en_GB |