The development of context sensitivity in children's graphic copying strategies

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-110

  Vinter, Annie ^a,b   Marot, Valérie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Drawing; Graphic strategies; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846077638     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.94     Document Type: Article

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