How Visuo-Spatial Mental Imagery Develops: Image Generation and Maintenance
dc.contributor.author | Wimmer, MC | |
dc.contributor.author | Maras, KL | |
dc.contributor.author | Robinson, EJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Doherty, MJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Pugeault, N | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-07T14:08:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-07T14:08:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.other | ARTN e0142566 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3884 | |
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. | |
dc.format.extent | e0142566-e0142566 | |
dc.format.medium | Electronic-eCollection | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) | |
dc.subject | Adolescent | |
dc.subject | Adult | |
dc.subject | Age Factors | |
dc.subject | Analysis of Variance | |
dc.subject | Child | |
dc.subject | Child, Preschool | |
dc.subject | Concept Formation | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Imagination | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Mental Processes | |
dc.subject | Photic Stimulation | |
dc.subject | Psychomotor Performance | |
dc.subject | Reaction Time | |
dc.subject | Space Perception | |
dc.subject | Visual Perception | |
dc.title | How Visuo-Spatial Mental Imagery Develops: Image Generation and Maintenance | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Article | |
plymouth.author-url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26562296 | |
plymouth.issue | 11 | |
plymouth.volume | 10 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published online | |
plymouth.journal | PLOS ONE | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0142566 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB) | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)/Cognition | |
dc.publisher.place | United States | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2015-10-25 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | No embargo | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1371/journal.pone.0142566 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2015 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |