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Spatial Reasoning in Tenejapan Mayans
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Li, Peggy; Abarbanell, Linda; Gleitman, Lila; Papafragou, Anna – Cognition, 2011
Language communities differ in their stock of reference frames (coordinate systems for specifying locations and directions). English typically uses egocentrically-defined axes (e.g., "left-right"), especially when describing small-scale relationships. Other languages such as Tseltal Mayan prefer to use geocentrically-defined axes (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Inferences, Maya (People), Spatial Ability