Monday’s seminar welcome Nov 24th, Maksim LIKHANOV * (Eq. Atypics) " Spatial AbilitY or abilitiES: factor structure, gender differences, development and links to achievement"

Where: Espace POUILLON

When: 11h

Welcome Coffee 15’ before

Abstract: 

Spatial ability—the capacity to process, store, and manipulate complex visuospatial information—plays a central role across diverse cognitive domains, including mathematics, autobiographical memory, and language. Yet, despite decades of research, the origins and structure of individual differences in spatial ability remain a topic of debate. Proposed influences range from gender, cultural background, and socioeconomic status to domain-general cognitive mechanisms. Moreover, it is still debated whether spatial ability reflects a single unified construct or a constellation of interrelated skills. In this talk, I will approach these questions from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on findings coming from different methods, including fMRI, behavioral genetics and eye-tracking. I will discuss recent advances and some of my own contributions to understanding how spatial ability interacts with other psychological constructs—such as mathematical reasoning and nostalgia—and what these links reveal about the architecture of human cognition.

 

Maxim Likhanov

BSc, PhD in Linguistics,

Researcher in advanced statistics, ATYPICS group, Centre de Recherche en Psychologie et Neurosciences (CRPN)

Website: https://maxim-likhanov-psychology.tilda.ws/

Recent publications: