# Spatial Cognition and Navigation

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/spatial-cognition-and-navigation-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 670,592 |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the importance of spatial ability in STEM domains, focusing on topics such as mental rotation, wayfinding, gender differences in spatial cognition, cognitive maps, and the use of landmarks in navigation. It also delves into the impact of spatial training on mathematics performance and the neural correlates of spatial tasks. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Engineering |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T11904 |
| Works | 54,109 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Luigi Ferrucci](https://scholariq.org/researchers/luigi-ferrucci/)
- [Tien Yin Wong](https://scholariq.org/researchers/tien-yin-wong/)
- [Trevor W. Robbins](https://scholariq.org/researchers/trevor-w-robbins/)
- [Bruce L. Miller](https://scholariq.org/researchers/bruce-l-miller/)
- [Chris Frith](https://scholariq.org/researchers/chris-frith/)
- [Serge Resnikoff](https://scholariq.org/researchers/serge-resnikoff/)
- [Alan C. Evans](https://scholariq.org/researchers/alan-c-evans/)
- [R. S. J. Frackowiak](https://scholariq.org/researchers/r-s-j-frackowiak/)
- [Hugh R. Taylor](https://scholariq.org/researchers/hugh-r-taylor/)
- [Michael I. Posner](https://scholariq.org/researchers/michael-i-posner/)
- [Larry V. Hedges](https://scholariq.org/researchers/larry-v-hedges/)
- [Sandra E. Black](https://scholariq.org/researchers/sandra-e-black/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.