Contextual Organization and Intentionality in Adults' Spatial Memory.

Waddell, Kathryn J.; Rogoff, Barbara

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Publication Date: 1987

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Contextual Organization and Intentionality in Adults' Spatial Memory.

Waddell, Kathryn J.; Rogoff, Barbara

Developmental Psychology, v23 n4 p514-20 Jul 1987

Study looks at whether spatial memory is automatic by examining the effects of intentionality and attention to contextual organization in spatial memory. The pattern of results demonstrated that reconstruction was enhanced by intentionality or by the goal-relevant activity of attending to contextual spatial relations. (Author/RWB)

Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Memory, Recall (Psychology), Spatial Ability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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