Mechanisms of reorientation and object localization by children: A comparison with rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 475-485

  Wang, Ranxiao Frances ^a   Hermer, Linda ^b   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE NET; ORIENTATION; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032801920     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.3.475     Document Type: Article

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