Spatial Mapping in Preschoolers: Close Comparisons Facilitate Far Mappings

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-219

  Loewenstein, Jeffrey ^a   Gentner, Dedre ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037493804     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD0202_4     Document Type: Article

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