Young Children's Awareness of Their Mental Activity: The Case of Mental Rotation

Child Development

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1345-1360

  Estes, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; ROTATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTION PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION;

EID: 0032193894     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06216.x     Document Type: Article

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