Spatial Orientation - Spatial Orientation is about having a sense of direction while moving around an environment. It’s a nice skill to have when exploring a new city, following directions to a friends place or navigating towards the bathroom in the dead of night.
USED FOR
• Sense of direction
• Visualization
• Reading maps
Although it may seem that one is either born with a sense of direction or not, it is actually possible to improve at orientating oneself with practice.
References:
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Dorval, M., & Pépin, M. (1986). Effect of playing a video game on a measure of spatial visualization. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 62(1), 159-62.
De Lisi, R., & Wolford, J. L. (2002). Improving children’s mental rotation accuracy with computer game playing. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 163(3), 272-82.
