Visual spatial cue use for guiding orientation in two-to-three-year-old children

被引:16
作者
van den Brink, Danielle [1 ,2 ]
Janzen, Gabriele [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Inst Behav Sci, NL-6500 HE Nijmegen, Netherlands
[2] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Donders Inst Brain Cognit & Behav, NL-6500 HE Nijmegen, Netherlands
来源
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY | 2013年 / 4卷
关键词
spatial cognition; spatial development; individual differences; frames of reference; optic flow; spatial updating; landmarks; spatial exploration; OBJECT INDIVIDUATION; HUMAN NAVIGATION; LANDMARK USE; YOUNG-CHILDREN; SELF-ROTATION; REAL-WORLD; SYSTEMS; INFANTS; INFORMATION; MEMORY;
D O I
10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00904
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
In spatial development representations of the environment and the use of spatial cues change over time. To date, the influence of individual differences in skills relevant for orientation and navigation has not received much attention. The current study investigated orientation abilities on the basis of visual spatial cues in 2-3-year-old children, and assessed factors that possibly influence spatial task performance. Thirty-month and 35-month-olds performed an on-screen Virtual Reality (VR) orientation task searching for an animated target in the presence of visual self-movement cues and landmark information. Results show that, in contrast to 30-month-old children, 35-month-olds were successful in using visual spatial cues for maintaining orientation. Neither age group benefited from landmarks present in the environment, suggesting that successful task performance relied on the use of optic flow cues, rather than object-to-object relations. Analysis of individual differences revealed that 2-year-olds who were relatively more independent in comparison to their peers, as measured by the daily living skills scale of the parental questionnaire Vineland-Screener were most successful at the orientation task. These results support previous findings indicating that the use of various spatial cues gradually improves during early childhood. Our data show that a developmental transition in spatial cue use can be witnessed within a relatively short period of 5 months only. Furthermore, this study indicates that rather than chronological age, individual differences may play a role in successful use of visual cues for spatial updating in an orientation task. Future studies are necessary to assess the exact nature of these individual differences.
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