I’m using “spatial visualization” as a parent-friendly term, though really, the concept is more clearly divided in science between object rotation and observer perspective shifting. The first is the ability to mentally rotate a 2-D or 3-D object and see where it fits – this is your ability to find an upside-down jigsaw puzzle piece on the table and know it fits in the spot you have in mind. It also covers the mental folding necessary to see how a flat sheet of cardboard can be folded into a box, and the mental slicing to know that two slices of a sphere will be (most likely) two differently sized circles. The second is the ability to stand at the corner of a house and mentally place yourself in front of the house and know what that will look like. At least, those tasks have been studied for a long time and there are clear differences in reaction time between those two fields.
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