title: Does spatial locative comprehension predict landmark-based navigation?
abstract: In the present study we investigated the role of spatial locative comprehension in learning and retrieving pathways when landmarks were available and when they were absent in a sample of typically developing 6- to 11-year-old children. Our results show that the more proficient children are in understanding spatial locatives the more they are able to learn pathways, retrieve them after a delay and represent them on a map when landmarks are present in the environment. These findings suggest that spatial language is crucial when individuals rely on sequences of landmarks to drive their navigation towards a given goal but that it is not involved when navigational representations based on the geometrical shape of the environment or the coding of body movements are sufficient for memorizing and recalling short pathways.
authors: Life, Health and Environmental Science Department, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy; Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Piccardi
authors: Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy; School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors: Liana
authors: L
authors: Palermo
authors: Life, Health and Environmental Science Department, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors: Alessia
authors: A
authors: Bocchi
authors: Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy; Psychology Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors: Cecilia
authors: C
authors: Guariglia
authors: Life, Health and Environmental Science Department, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors: Simonetta
authors: S
authors: D'Amico
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D032882:Comprehension; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D012737:Sex Factors; D013028:Space Perception
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