The Key of the Maze: The role of mental imagery and cognitive flexibility in navigational planning

A Bocchi, M Carrieri, S Lancia, V Quaresima… - Neuroscience …, 2017 - Elsevier
Spatial navigation planning ability relies on both mental imagery and cognitive flexibility.
Considering the importance of planning ability in everyday life, several neuropsychological …

Considering spatial ability in virtual route learning in early aging

V Gyselinck, C Meneghetti, M Bormetti, E Orriols… - Cognitive …, 2013 - Springer
The aim of this study is to broaden our understanding of the construction and early decline of
spatial mental representations in route learning, considering the extent to which spatial …

Spatial development

M Vasilyeva, SF Lourenco - The Handbook of Life‐Span …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial thinking is essential to everyday life and provides a foundation for successful
performance in scientific and technological fields. In this chapter, we trace developmental …

How to enhance route learning and visuo-spatial working memory in aging: a training for residential care home residents

M Mitolo, E Borella, C Meneghetti, E Carbone… - Aging & mental …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the efficacy of a route-learning training in a group of
older adults living in a residential care home. We verified the presence of training-specific …

Spontaneous whole body rotations and classical dance expertise: How shoulder–hip coordination influences supporting leg displacements

E Golomer, Y Toussaint, A Bouillette, J Keller - … of Electromyography and …, 2009 - Elsevier
The link between supporting leg stability and individual trunk strategies used during
spontaneous whole-body rotations was studied according to visual and kinesthetic imagery …

La cognition spatiale pour repenser les aides à la navigation

E Grison, V Gyselinck - L'année psychologique, 2019 - cairn.info
Depuis plus d'une vingtaine d'années, des aides à la navigation ont été développées afin de
faciliter nos déplacements. Alors que le défi initial était de proposer des systèmes efficaces …

Facilitating recognition of spatial structures through animation and the role of mental rotation ability

S Münzer - Learning and Individual Differences, 2015 - Elsevier
The study examined the facilitating function of animations for the recognition of rotated
spatial structures and considered the role of mental rotation ability. The task required a …

The role of visuo-spatial abilities in recall of spatial descriptions: A mediation model

C Meneghetti, R De Beni, F Pazzaglia… - Learning and Individual …, 2011 - Elsevier
This research investigates how visuo-spatial abilities (such as mental rotation—MR—and
visuo-spatial working memory—VSWM—) work together to influence the recall of …

Mental representations derived from spatial descriptions: The influence of orientation specificity and visuospatial abilities

C Meneghetti, F Pazzaglia, R De Beni - Psychological Research, 2015 - Springer
This study aimed to investigate the orientation dependence effect and the role of
visuospatial abilities in mental representations derived from spatial descriptions. The …

The joint role of spatial ability and imagery strategy in sustaining the learning of spatial descriptions under spatial interference

C Meneghetti, R De Beni, V Gyselinck… - Learning and Individual …, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the joint role of spatial ability, imagery strategy and
visuospatial working memory (VSWM) in spatial text processing. A set of 180 participants …