Children’s and adults’ visuospatial memory: The game concentration

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-92

  Schumann Hengsteler, Ruth ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030090085     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.1996.9914847     Document Type: Article

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