Task-specific knowledge of the law of pendulum motion in a children and adults

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-114

  Frick, Andrea ^a   Huber, Susanne ^a   Reips, Ulf Dietrich ^a   Krist, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive development; Imagery; Intuitive knowledge; Pendulum; Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344439833     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.64.2.103     Document Type: Review

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