Running head: DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL SCALING ABILITIES 1 Getting the Big Picture: Development of Spatial Scaling Abilities
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Spatial scaling is an integral aspect of many spatial tasks that involve symbol-toreferent correspondences (e.g., map reading, drawing). In the present study, we asked 3to 6year-old children and adults to locate objects in a two-dimensional spatial layout using information from a second spatial representation (map). We examined how scaling factor and reference features, such as the shape of the layout or the presence of landmarks, affect performance. Results showed that spatial scaling on this simple task undergoes considerable development, especially between 3 and 5 years of age. Furthermore, the youngest children showed large individual variability and profited from landmark information. Accuracy differed between scaled and un-scaled items, but not between items using different scaling factors (1:2 vs. 1:4), suggesting that participants encoded relative rather than absolute distances.
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