Reorientation in a small-scale environment by 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children

Cognitive Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 853-869

  Gouteux, S ^a   Vauclair, J ^b   Thinus Blanc, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University of Provence Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Geometric encoding; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041905324     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(01)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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