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Age Differences in Imagery Abilities
Author(s) -
Kosslyn Stephen M.,
Margolis Jonathan A.,
Barrett Anna M.,
Goldknopf Emily J.,
Daly Philip F.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb02837.x
Subject(s) - mental rotation , psychology , mental image , developmental psychology , mental age , cognitive psychology , cognitive development , cognition , neuroscience
Age differences were examined in 4 aspects of visual mental imagery, namely, image generation, maintenance, scanning, and rotation. The results suggested that one or more distinct processes are used to carry out each aspect of imagery, and that this is true for 5‐year‐olds, 8‐year‐olds, 14‐year‐olds, and adults. There was no evidence that younger children have fewer processing components, which become differentiated into more specialized subsystems over age. In addition, the results suggested that younger children are relatively poor at scanning, rotating, and generating objects in images, but are relatively good at maintaining images.