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29-05-2019 | Original Article

Does training mental rotation transfer to gains in mathematical competence? Assessment of an at-home visuospatial intervention

Tijdschrift:: Psychological Research

Auteurs:: Chi-Ngai Cheung, Jenna Y. Sung, Stella F. Lourenco

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Abstract

The current study examined whether the effect of spatial training transfers to the math domain. Sixty-two 6- and 7-year-olds completed an at-home 1-week online training intervention. The spatial-training group received mental rotation training, whereas the active control group received literacy training in a format that matched the spatial training. Results revealed near transfer of mental rotation ability in the spatial-training group. More importantly, there was also far transfer to canonical arithmetic problems, such that children in the spatial-training group performed better on these math problems than children in the control group. Such far transfer could not be attributed to general cognitive improvement, since no improvement was observed for non-symbolic quantity processing, verbal working memory (WM), or language ability following spatial training. Spatial training may have benefitted symbolic arithmetic performance by improving visualization ability, access to the mental number line, and/or increasing the capacity of visuospatial WM.

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Titel: Does training mental rotation transfer to gains in mathematical competence? Assessment of an at-home visuospatial intervention
Auteurs:: Chi-Ngai Cheung
Jenna Y. Sung
Stella F. Lourenco
Publicatiedatum: 29-05-2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-019-01202-5
Uitgeverij: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Tijdschrift: Psychological Research An International Journal of Perception, Attention, Memory, and Action
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772

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