Modularity and development: The case of spatial reorientation

Cognition

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-232

  Hermer, Linda ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAT; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030337572     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(96)00714-7     Document Type: Article

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