No evidence of a positive effect of learning Chinese language as an L2 on spatial ability

Abstract Spatial ability (SA) was shown to be a robust predictor of success in various educational contexts, including STEM. Thus, ways to improve SA are of interest to educational psychology. There is some evidence that SA might be improved via learning character-based language, e.g. Chinese as a s...

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Main Authors: Maxim Likhanov, Olga Bogdanova, Evgenia Alenina, Tatiana Kolienko, Yulia Kovas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26738-2