The Interaction of Biological and Environmental Effects on Spatial Abilities: A Review

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dc.contributor.authorLloyd, Robert Earl
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-05T21:12:15Z
dc.date.available2023-12-05T21:12:15Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this paper is to review cognitive science and neuroscience literature related to spatial abilities and individual differences, and to identify connections with geographic education. The hunter-gatherer theory offers an evolutionary explanation of sex differences based on natural and sexual selection. The right shift theory is a genetic theory that considers how brain lateralization for speech and spatial abilities are related. The bent twig theory explains how biology and the environment might interact to influence how individuals develop their spatial abilities. Conclusions argue that models of cognitive performance based on the interaction of biology and the environment are the most complete and promising.
dc.description.departmentGeography and Environmental Studies
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dc.format.extent37 pages
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dc.identifier.citationLloyd, R.E. (2005). The interaction of biological and environmental effects on spatial abilities: A review. Research in Geographic Education, 5, pp. 48-84.
dc.identifier.issn1529-0085
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/17403
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
dc.sourceResearch in Geographic Education, 2003, Vol. 5, pp. 48-84.
dc.subjectgeography
dc.subjectsex differences
dc.subjectspatial ability
dc.subjectlearning theory
dc.subjectgeographic education
dc.subjectneural efficiency
dc.titleThe Interaction of Biological and Environmental Effects on Spatial Abilities: A Review
dc.typeArticle

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