The development of cognitive flexibility: Evidence from children's drawings

Human Development

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 300-324

  Spensley, Fiona ^a   Taylor, Josie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's drawings; Cognitive development; Cognitive flexibility; Recursive Re representation; Representational Redescription

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042350968     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022639     Document Type: Article

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