Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Verified for the 2026 exam
Verified for the 2026 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Definition
This is the ability to visualize with the mind's eye, or to understand and remember spatial relationships between objects.
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.