?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=the+role+of+action+in+the+representation+of+moving+shapes+in+children+with+cerebral+palsy&rft.creator=zabalia%2C+marc&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.description=The+aim+of+the+present+study+is+to+provide+evidence+for+the+role+of+action+used+mainly+by+children+with+cerebral+palsy+to+get+over+difficulties+in+some+mental+rotation+tasks.+25+children+with+cerebral+palsy+and+25+able+children+were+given+a+task+inspired+from+the+T%C3%A9tris+video+game+consisting+in+fitting+together+geometrical+figures.+Results+show+that+children+with+cerebral+palsy+are+able+to+anticipate+mentally+the+motion+of+the+object%2C+but+they+can+not+mentally+break+down+the+motion.+This+may+be+explained+by+the+use+of+an+object+manipulation+strategy+necessary+to+actualize+the+properties+of+the+object+motions.+These+findings+have+implications+in+the+understanding+of+the+role+of+action+in+the+development+of+mental+imagery.%0A%0A&rft.publisher=DeBoeck+Universit%C3%A9&rft.contributor=Caverni%2C+Jean-Paul&rft.contributor=Vauclair%2C+Jacques&rft.date=2000-10&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fplain&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1223%2F1%2Fcpl_zabalia2.htm&rft.identifier=++zabalia%2C+marc++(2000)+the+role+of+action+in+the+representation+of+moving+shapes+in+children+with+cerebral+palsy.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1223%2F