spatial cognition

collocation in English

meaningsofspatialandcognition

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spatial
adjective
uk
/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
us
/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
relating to the position, area, and size ...
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cognition
noun[U]
uk
/kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
us
/kɑːɡ-/
the use of conscious ...
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(Definition ofspatialandcognitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In light of the commentaries, it is necessary to revisit my specific assertions about the shape andspatialcognitionof apes and early hominids.
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This suggests that normalspatialcognitionis essential for dreaming.
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Archaeologists interested in cognition can use these preserved action sequences to investigate a variety of cognitive abilities, including sequencing, biomechanical skill, andspatialcognition.
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No, but it does mean that the knappers attended to shape and coordinated shape withspatialcognition.
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Our subjects were capable of utilizing both landmark and geometric cues in locating a hidden object, pointing to the sparing of theirspatialcognition.
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Is it possible to account for the knapping of these early handaxes without recourse to coordination of shape recognition andspatialcognition(my contention)?
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This geometric model is an impressive achievement, and it appears to represent a thorough exploration of the application of this mathematics tospatialcognition.
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Nor does it render the proposition evident that symmetry was the essential adaptation in the evolution of humanspatialcognition.
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The author gives thespatialcognitionturning points as 1.5 million years ago and about 500,000 years ago.
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The focus is onspatialcognition(generally considered, including shape recognition and image manipulation).
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Several of the essays challenge claims about cognitive universals inspatialcognition.
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The book supports the widely held position thatspatialcognitionis critical in a range of other abilities.
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The linguistic system is not a necessary determinant ofspatialcognition, but it is a sufficient one.
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First, we might ask whether it is efficacious to seek a common element underlying all of humanspatialcognition.
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The two episodes of development inspatialcognitionhad very different evolutionary contexts.
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One example of such a cognitive archaeology is found inspatialcognition.
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Playing an action game reduces gender differences inspatialcognition.
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The temporal association of territory expansion with developments in shape andspatialcognitionis provocative, but hardly conclusive.
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Strong evidence indicates also that the hippocampal pallium of reptiles and birds, like the mammalian hippocampus, play an essential and selective role inspatialcognition.
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