eprintid: 1503132 rev_number: 28 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/50/31/32 datestamp: 2016-07-03 07:42:24 lastmod: 2021-10-02 22:09:20 status_changed: 2016-11-18 12:50:40 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Farran, EK creators_name: Atkinson, L title: The development of spatial category representations from 4 to 7 years ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 keywords: Space, spatial categories, spatial language note: © 2016 The British Psychological Society. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Farran, EK; Atkinson, L; (2016) The development of spatial category representations from 4 to 7 years. British Journal of Developmental Psychology , 34 (4) pp. 555-568. 10.1111/bjdp.12149, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12149. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. abstract: Representation of spatial categories was assessed in 4- to 7-year-olds. Across nine spatial categories (In, On, Under, In Front, Behind, Above, Below, Left, and Right), children were asked to pick the odd-one-out from four images, three of which displayed the same spatial relationship between two objects, and one which showed a different spatial relationship. Results support our proposed model of spatial category representation. Children progressed through three levels of understanding: from rigid (level 1), to abstract (level 2) to broad (including non-prototypical category exemplars) (level 3) understanding of spatial category membership. This developmental pattern was common to all spatial categories, and the ages at which children reached each level varied across categories, in line with the order in which category representations emerge in infancy. date: 2016-10-11 date_type: published official_url: http://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12149 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: JOURNAL ARTICLE verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1137930 doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12149 lyricists_name: Farran, Emily Kate lyricists_id: EKFAR44 full_text_status: public publication: British Journal of Developmental Psychology volume: 34 number: 4 pagerange: 555-568 issn: 2044-835X citation: Farran, EK; Atkinson, L; (2016) The development of spatial category representations from 4 to 7 years. British Journal of Developmental Psychology , 34 (4) pp. 555-568. 10.1111/bjdp.12149 <https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12149>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1503132/1/farran_spatialcategoryTDMay16.pdf