Reorientation in a rhombic environment: No evidence for an encapsulated geometric module

Cognitive Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-302

  Hupbach, Almut ^b   Nadel, Lynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Geometric module; Spatial memory; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744449660     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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