Columbia University.
Ariel University of Samaria.
Child Dev. 2018 Jul;89(4):1141-1156. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12781. Epub 2017 Apr 5.
American and Israeli toddler-caregiver dyads (mean age of toddler = 26 months) were presented with naturalistic tasks in which they must watch a short video (N = 97) or concoct a visual story together (N = 66). English-speaking American caregivers were more likely to use left to right spatial structuring than right to left, especially for well-ordered letters and numbers. Hebrew-speaking Israeli parents were more likely than Americans to use right to left spatial structuring, especially for letters. When constructing a pictorial narrative for their children, Americans were more likely to place pictures from left to right than Israelis. These spatial structure biases exhibited by caregivers are a potential route for the development of spatial biases in early childhood, before children have developed automatic reading and writing habits.
美国和以色列的幼儿-照顾者对偶（幼儿的平均年龄为 26 个月）参与了自然主义任务，他们必须观看一段短视频（N=97）或共同构思一个视觉故事（N=66）。讲英语的美国照顾者更倾向于使用从左到右的空间结构，而不是从右到左，尤其是对于有序的字母和数字。讲希伯来语的以色列父母比美国人更倾向于使用从右到左的空间结构，尤其是对于字母。当为孩子构建图画叙事时，美国人比以色列人更倾向于将图片从左到右排列。这些照顾者表现出的空间结构偏见可能是儿童在发展自动读写习惯之前，在幼儿期发展空间偏见的潜在途径。
