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2、iverseinimpressedtheworldthathisnameisshorthandforinnovativeways.intelligence,insight,andcreativity.TobeanEinsteinEinsteinwasunique,buthecertainlywasnottheonlyscientistAistobeinconceivablybrilliant,especiallyinmathandtodependonhisabilitytothinkspatially.WatsonandCrick’sscience.YetAl
3、bertEinsteinwasfamouslylatetotalk,andhediscoveryofthestructureofDNA,forexample,wascentrallydescribedhisthinkingprocessesasprimarilynonverbal.“Theaboutfittingathree-dimensionalspatialmodeltoexistingflatwordsorthelanguage,astheyarewrittenorspoken,donotseemimagesofthemolecule.Thefactis
4、,manypeoplewhoworkinthetoplayanyroleinmymechanismofthought,”heoncesaid.sciencesrelyontheirabilitytothinkspatially,eveniftheydonot“[Thereare]moreorlessclearimages.”1Researchonhisbrain,makegranddiscoveries.Geoscientistsvisualizetheprocessesthatpreservedafterdeath,hasseemedtosupporthis
5、claimofthinkingaffecttheformationoftheearth.Engineersanticipatehowvariousinspatialimages:SandraWitelson,aneuroscientistinCanada,forcesmayaffectthedesignofastructure.AndneurosurgeonsEURISSEdrawonMRIstovisualizeparticularbrainareasthatmaydeter-MNoraS.Newcombeisaprofessorofpsychologyat
6、TempleUniversityandminetheoutcomeofasurgicalprocedure.theprincipalinvestigatoroftheSpatialIntelligenceandLearningCenterSo,isspatialthinkingreallyakeytoscience,technology,engi-ATHERINE(whichisfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundation).Shehasbeenaneering,andmathematics—theso-calledSTEMdisc
7、iplines?Yes.visitingprofessorattheUniversityofPennsylvania,PrincetonUniversity,Scoresofhigh-qualitystudiesconductedoverthepast50yearsandtheWissenschaftskolleginBerlin.SheisalsoapastpresidentoftheindicatethatspatialthinkingiscentraltoSTEMsuccess.OneofDevelopmentalPsychologydivisionof
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