Spatial thinking

Do you know people who are very easy and quick to navigate in an unfamiliar place without using a map? Were there any who could draw well?

Kind of mental activity that provides the creation of spatial images, thinking in terms of images and operating them in the process of solving practical and creative tasks.

What are the advantages of this skill? It is critically important for designers and architects. They are directly related to the space and location of objects in it. Mathematicians use it to represent a mentally geometrical object, which in the mind can be measured, rotated and moved to facilitate geometric calculation.

The geophysicist mentally manipulates the movement of tectonic plates to see the process of earthly formation. The neurosurgeon visualizes various areas of the brain to predict the result of the operation. The engineer presents in the head how different forces can.