Children's understanding of ambiguous figures: Which cognitive developments are necessary to experience reversal?

Cognitive Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-421

  Doherty, Martin J ^a   Wimmer, Marina C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Ambiguous figures; Executive function; Theory of mind; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744488314     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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