In this timely and comprehensive text, Cesare Cornoldi and Tomaso Vecchi describe their
recently developed experimental approach to the investigation of visuo-spatial cognition …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides a broad overview of some current theoretical
arguments regarding working memory, focusing particularly on visuospatial cognition. It also …

The present paper examines the issue of the capacity of visuo-spatial working memory. A
series of experiments test the hypothesis that two different components are critical in visuo …

Some researchers of studies of the incidence of early visual experience on spatial abilities
have demonstrated profound spatial deficits in early blind participants, whereas others have …

The study of visuospatial imagery processes in totally congenitally blind people makes it
possible to understand the specific contribution of visual experience for imagery processes …

This second volume in the Counterpoints Series, which explores issues in psychology, child
development, linguistics, and neuroscience, focuses on alternative models of visual-spatial …

Representation of the visual and spatial properties of our environment is a pivotal
requirement of everyday cognition. We can mentally represent the visual form of objects. We …

The present studies examined the nature of visuo-spatial working memory development
using conventional visual span and spatial span measures. Children aged between 6 and …

Five experiments investigated immediate memory for drawings of familiar objects in children
of different ages. The aims were to demonstrate younger children's greater dependence on …

Several different sources of evidence support the idea that visuo-spatial working memory
can be segregated into separate cognitive subsystems. However, the nature of these …