We are far better and more experienced at spatial thinking than at abstract thinking

• Abstract thought can be difficult in and of itself, but fortunately it can often be mapped onto spatial thought in one way or another.

• That way, spatial thinking can substitute for and scaffold abstract thought.

• The human brain is not well equipped to remember a mass of abstract information. But it is perfectly tuned to recalling details associated with places it knows.

• We are far better and more experienced at spatial thinking than at abstract thinking. Abstract thought can be difficult in and of itself, but fortunately it can often be mapped into spatial thought in one way or another.

• That way, spatial thinking can substitute for and scaffold abstract thought.

• Our powers of spatial cognition can help us to think and reason effectively, to achieve insight and solve problems, and to come up with creative ideas.

• Such powers are especially generative when permitted to operate not on imagined space, as in the method of loci, but on the real thing:

  • tangible, three-dimensional space, of the kind our minds and bodies are so accustomed to navigating.
  • Use physical space for spatial thinking

• Spatial Memory
• Detachment gain
• Peripheral Vision
• Interactive user inputs
• Story

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