creators_name: zabalia, marc
editors_name: Caverni, Jean-Paul
editors_name: Vauclair, Jacques
type: journalp
datestamp: 2001-01-19
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:29
metadata_visibility: show
title: the role of action in the representation of moving shapes in children with cerebral palsy
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: dev-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: cerebral palsy, mental imagery, action, representation of space
abstract: 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 Tétris 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, 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.


date: 2000-10
date_type: published
publication: Current Psychology Letters - behaviour, brain & cognition
volume: 2000
number: 2
publisher: DeBoeck Université
pagerange: 71-78
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   zabalia, marc  (2000) the role of action in the representation of moving shapes in children with cerebral palsy.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
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