Children's use of egocentric reference frames in spatial language is related to their numerical magnitude understanding.

ABSTRACT: Numerical magnitude information is assumed to be spatially represented in the form of a mental number line defined with respect to a body-centred, egocentric frame of reference. In this context, spatial language skills such as mastery of verbal descriptions of spatial position (e.g., in front of, behind, to the right/left) have been proposed to be relevant for grasping spatial relations between numerical magnitudes on the mental number line. We examined 4- to 5-year-old's spatial language skills in tasks that allow responses in egocentric and allocentric frames of reference, as well as their relative understanding of numerical magnitude (assessed by a number word comparison task). In addition, we evaluated influences of children's absolute understanding of numerical magnitude assess

SUBMITTER: Lindner N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9355684 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature