Secondly, whether they found the stars in an efficient way (distance traveled) indicating a systematic approach and an awareness of whether they had previously explored particular parts of the VE. An overall exploration score was calculated using % accuracy and distance scores (difference in part...
As infants gain more of an interest in others, the therapist working in natural environment settings can engage other children, especially siblings, in occupations that promote spatial awareness. As the child becomes more adept at locomotion, the distance traveled independently around the home ...
children’s use of gesture reveals their embodied awareness of spatial-geometric concepts (Bautista et al.,2012; Ehrlich et al.,2006; Elia et al.,2014,2016; Kim et al.,2011; Pollitt et al.,2020; Thom & McGarvey,2015). Our understanding of the role of movement...
in addition to, the already acquired, egocentric reference frames (using one’s own body as the primary reference frame). In the current virtual reality study in a sample of 30–36-month-old toddlers (N= 57), we first demonstrated a marginally significant developmental shift in spatial orienta...