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Spatial Ability

Meaning

Spatial Ability is a complex, high-level cognitive function encompassing the mental capacity to accurately perceive, understand, reason about, and remember the precise spatial relations among objects or points in three-dimensional space. This crucial ability is indispensable for tasks such as complex navigation, abstract problem-solving, and executing fine motor skills that require the mental manipulation of visual information. Spatial ability is highly sensitive to the influence of hormonal fluctuations, particularly those involving sex steroids and key neurosteroids, which modulate the structural integrity and function of the hippocampus.