Children's use of landmarks: Implications for modularity theory

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 337-341

  Learmonth, Amy E ^a,c   Nadel, Lynn ^a   Newcombe, Nora S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036636932     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2002.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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