Stiles-Davis J., Kritchevsky M., Bellug U. Spatial Cognition: Brain Bases and Development

New York: Routledge, 2022. — 472 p.Looking at the ways humans perceive, interpret, remember, and interact with events occurring in space, this book focuses on two aspects of spatial cognition: How does spatial cognition develop? What is the relation between spatial cognition and the brain? This book offers a unique opportunity to share the combined efforts of scientists from varied disciplines, including cognitive and developmental psychology, neuropsychology, behavioral neurology, and neurobiology in the process of interacting and exchanging ideas. Based on a conference held at the Neuroscience Conference Center of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, this book explores current scientific trends seeking a biological basis for understanding the relationships among brain, mind, and behavior.Foreword
Spatial cognition in adultsThe neuropsychology of spatial cognition
The neuropsychology of mental imagery
The neurobiological basis of spatial cognition: Role of the parietal lobe
The role of transformations in spatial cognition
The elementary spatial functions of the brain
The development of spatial cognitionPerceptual aspects of spatial cognitive development
Infant mobility and spatial development
Conceptual issues in the development of spatial cognition
Children's verbal representation of spatial location
Interrelation of logical and spatial knowledge in preschoolers
Drawing the boundary: The development of distinct systems for spatial representation in young children
Effects of different early experiencesSpatial dysfunctions in young children with right cerebral hemisphere injury
Spatial deficits in children with Williams syndrome
Spatial cognition and brain organization: Clues from the acquisition of a language in space
Cerebral organization for spatial attention
The construction and use of spatial knowledge in blind and sighted children
Neuropsychological study of the development of spatial cognition
Discussions
InItroduction
Spatial cognition in adults
The development of spatial cognition: On topological and euclidean representation
Effects of different early experiences
Author index
Subject index