The Spatial Foundations of Language and Cognition

Kelly S. Mix is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Cognitive Development Laboratory at Michigan State University. She is the co-author, with J. Huttenlocher and S. C. Levine, of Quantitative Development in Infancy and Early Childhood (OUP 2002).Linda B. Smith is Chancellor's Professor of Psychology and Director of the Cognitive Development Laboratory at Indiana University. She has published widely on cognition and language acquisition.Michael Gasser is Associate Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science at Indiana University. He has published widely on cognition and language acquisition.S. Mix is Director of the Cognitive Development Laboratory at Michigan State University. She is the co-author, with J. Huttenlocher and S. C. Levine, of Quantitative Development in Infancy and Early Childhood (OUP USA 2002).

• PART I: THINKING THROUGH SPACE; PART II: FROM EMBODIMENT TO ABSTRACT THOUGHT; PART III: USING SPACE TO GROUND LANGUAGE