Trade-off in object versus spatial visualization abilities: Restriction in the development of visual-processing resources

Kozhevnikov, Maria; Blazhenkova, Olesya; Becker, Michael

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“…The results suggest that specific cognitive abilities play significant roles in predicting the visualizer-verbalizer dimension of cognitive style, supporting previous findings (Kozhevnikov et al, 2005;Kozhevnikov et al, 2010). Specific cognitive abilities, such as spatial abilities and vocabulary, may predispose individuals to specific interests that bias them towards developing a particular cognitive style.…”

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“…It should be noted, however, that these results, for the most part, are based on undergraduate students enrolled in psychology classes and a large variation of cognitive styles. In contrast, individuals educated and working in specialized professional fields, such as visual arts, sciences and humanities, have been found to vary systematically in cognitive styles based on differing strengths in specific cognitive abilities, though very little is known about their corresponding learning preferences (Kozhevnikov, Blazhenkova, & Becker, 2010).…”

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An Empirical Investigation of the Relationships Among Cognitive Abilities, Cognitive Style, and Learning Preferences in Students Enrolled in Specialized Degree Courses at a Canadian College

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Although specific cognitive abilities, cognitive style, and learning preferences are assumed to be inter-related, the empirical evidence supporting this assumption is mixed. Cognitive style refers to how individuals represent information, and learning preference refers to how individuals prefer the presentation of information (Mayer & Massa, 2003). Both cognitive style and learning preferences have been linked to specific cognitive abilities, such as verbal abilities, visual imagery and spatial abilities, though the nature of the inter-relationships remains tenuous in the literature. The present study addressed the roles of specific cognitive abilities in the relationship between learning preferences and the visualizer-verbalizer dimension of cognitive style, using a unique sample of students enrolled in specialized post-secondary programs. A battery of cognitive tests and questionnaires was administered. It was found that spatial abilities predicted visual cognitive style, which in turn, predicted visual learning preferences. Vocabulary knowledge predicted verbal cognitive style, but not verbal learning preferences. These results suggest that specific cognitive abilities predict visual-verbal cognitive styles, though the distinction between visual-verbal cognitive styles does not have clear associations with learning preferences.Bien que l’on suppose que les habiletés cognitives, le style cognitif et les préférences en matière d’apprentissage soient interreliés, les preuves empiriques étayant cette supposition sont partagées. Le style cognitif renvoie à la façon dont les individus perçoivent l’information et les préférences en matière d’apprentissage concernent la présentation de l’information (Mayer & Massa, 2003). Les chercheurs ont établi un lien entre, d’une part, le style cognitif et les préférences d’apprentissage et, d’autre part, des capacités cognitives spécifiques comme les habiletés verbales, l’imagination visuelle et les capacités spatiales; quoique la nature des interrelations reste fragile dans les écrits. La présente étude a considéré le rôle des habiletés cognitives spécifiques dans la relation entre les préférences d’apprentissage et la dimension visualisation-verbalisation des styles cognitifs à partir d’un échantillon d’étudiants inscrits à des programmes postsecondaires spécialisés. Les chercheurs ont administré une batterie de tests cognitifs et de questionnaires. Ils ont découvert que les habiletés spatiales permettaient de prédire le style cognitif, qui à son tour, permettait de prédire les préférences d’apprentissage visuel. La connaissance du vocabulaire prédisait le style cognitif verbal, mais pas les préférences en matière d’apprentissage verbal. Ces résultats suggèrent que des habiletés spécifiques permettent de prédire les styles cognitifs verbaux et visuels, même s’il n’y a pas de lien clair entre les préférences d’apprentissage et la distinction entre ces styles

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An Empirical Investigation of the Relationships Among Cognitive Abilities, Cognitive Style, and Learning Preferences in Students Enrolled in Specialized Degree Courses at a Canadian College

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2011

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“…Il rapporto tra stile cognitivo visualizzatore-verbalizzatore e le prestazioni in compiti cognitivi è stato confermato in alcuni studi (Mayer & Massa, 2003;Thomas & McKay, 2010), ma non in altri (Massa & Mayer, 2006;Kollöffel, 2012). La distinzione tra una preferenza per la visualizzazione degli oggetti e la visualizzazione spaziale sembra produrre risultati più consistenti (Blazhenkova & Kozhevnikov, 2009;Kozhevnikov et al, 2010): gli individui con una preferenza spaziale hanno prestazioni migliori in compiti spaziali come il MRT e compiti ambientali spaziali (come ad esempio la costruzione di mappe: Pazzaglia & Moè, 2013), mentre quelle con una preferenza verbale o per la visualizzazione di un oggetto eseguono meglio, rispettivamente, compiti verbali e visivi (Blazhenkova & Kozhevnikov, 2009). Nel complesso questi studi indicano che lo stile visivo (basato sull'oggetto e spaziale) e lo stile cognitivo verbale possono influenzare l'approccio di un individuo al compito che viene presentato.…”

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“…While incompletely understood, this distinction refers respectively to a more holistic encoding of the visual or"depictive"appearance of imaged entities, versus more explicit representation of the relative spatial positions of objects or object parts (Hegarty, 2010). It is claimed that individuals tend to be either object visualizers, favoring a more visual style of imagery that is associated with vivid high resolution imagery and superior performance on visual memory tasks, or spatial visualizers, favoring good spatial analysis and dynamic image transformations such as mental rotation (Kozhevnikov et al, 2005(Kozhevnikov et al, , 2010Blajenkova et al, 2006). A distinction between object visualizers, spatial visualizers, and verbalizers is also claimed in in the development of cognitive styles among 8-to 17-year olds (Blazhenkova et al, 2011).…”

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Trade-off in object versus spatial visualization abilities: Restriction in the development of visual-processing resources

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An Empirical Investigation of the Relationships Among Cognitive Abilities, Cognitive Style, and Learning Preferences in Students Enrolled in Specialized Degree Courses at a Canadian College

An Empirical Investigation of the Relationships Among Cognitive Abilities, Cognitive Style, and Learning Preferences in Students Enrolled in Specialized Degree Courses at a Canadian College

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