Children's use of geometry and landmarks to reorient in an open space

Cognition

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-148

  Gouteux, Stéphane ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Navigation; Reorientation; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GEOMETRY; NAVIGATION;

LANDMARK OBJECTS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035452915     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(01)00128-7     Document Type: Article

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