The role of locomotion in the acquisition and transfer of spatial knowledge in children

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-86

  Lehnung, Maria ^a   Leplow, Bernd ^b   Ekroll, Vebjörn ^a   Herzog, Arne ^a   Mehdorn, Maximilian ^a   Ferstl, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Locomotion; Spatial learning; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; ROTATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037900752     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00324     Document Type: Article

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