Spatial Intelligence
Definition
This is the ability to visualize with the mind's eye, or to understand and remember spatial relationships between objects.
Analogy
Think of it like being a human GPS. Just as a GPS can visualize and understand routes and locations, someone with high spatial intelligence can easily visualize objects, their positions, and their movements.
Related terms
Visual-Spatial Learning: This refers to a person's ability to perceive, analyze, synthesize, manipulate and think with visual patterns or images.
Mental Rotation: The capacity to rotate mental representations of two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects as it is related to the visual representation of such rotation within the human mind.
Spatial Navigation: The evolved cognitive ability in many animals for navigation through varied types of spatial environment.
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