?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Reorientation+in+a+small+scale+environment+by+3+-+4+and+5+year-old+children&rft.creator=Gouteux%2C+S&rft.creator=Vauclair%2C+J&rft.creator=Thinus-Blanc%2C+C&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.description=Geometric+features+of+surfaces+and+local+information+are+constitutive+elements+of+spatial+representations.+A+number+of+studies+in+animals+(rats)+and+human+children+(24+months+old)+have+shown+that+in+a+rectangular+environment+with+a+reward+hidden+in+one+of+the+corners%2C+geometric+properties+predominate+over+local+cues+for+search+strategies.+In+contrast%2C+monkeys+and+human+adults+are+able+to+take+into+account+both+types+of+information+(geometric+and+local)+to+reorient.+So+far%2C+all+of+the+experiments+have+been+conducted+in+the+locomotor+space+involving+a+navigational+task.+In+the+present+study%2C+we+examined+whether+similar+search+patterns+are+found+using+a+tabletop+model+of+a+rectangular+room.+Three%0Agroups+of+children+(3-%2C+4-%2C+and+5-year-olds)+and+one+group+of+adults+were+tested.+Results+show+that+geometric+encoding+appears+only+at+4+years+of+age%2C+that+is+later+than+in+the+locomotor+space.+The+joint+use+of+geometry+and+local+cues+emerges+at+5+years+of+age.+These+data+show+that+similar+types+of+processing+are+implemented+in+both+manipulatory+and+locomotor+space+but+not+at+the+same+time.+The+difference+between+locomotor+and+manipulatory+tasks+suggests+that+being+immersed+in+the+environment+makes+this+separated+processing+easier+than+being+confronted+by+a+task+for+which+the+object+is+exterior+to+the+participant&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3591%2F1%2Fgouteux_et_al_Cog_Dev_01.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gouteux%2C+S+and+Vauclair%2C+J+and+Thinus-Blanc%2C+C++(2001)+Reorientation+in+a+small+scale+environment+by+3+-+4+and+5+year-old+children.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3591%2F