Do you marvel at your friend's ability to assemble complex IKEA furniture and navigate a new city, or do you all-around groan at your own lack of spatial skills? Don't fret! A new CIRES-led study ...

A sustained focus on spatial reasoning training could help children learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Spatial training with blocks and puzzles could unlock mathematical potential ...

Spatial training with blocks and puzzles could unlock the UK's mathematical potential. A sustained focus on spatial reasoning training could turn the UK into a science, technology, engineering and ...

Young children who practice visual working memory and reasoning tasks improve their math skills more than children who focus on spatial rotation exercises, according to a large study. The findings ...

Emily Farran received funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy and the Centre for Educational Neuroscience to carry out research discussed in ...

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Do you struggle to visualise how to rotate your shoes so that they nest together in a shoe box? How are you with flat-packed furniture? Are you good at giving directions? These everyday activities ...

It's a milestone that leaves parents beaming with pride: the first time their child shakily writes out their own name. And it's the start of many more key childhood moments, from Christmas lists to ...