Memory for object location: A span study in children

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Cestari, Vincenzo ^a,b   Lucidi, Annalisa ^a   Pieroni, Laura ^c   Rossi Arnaud, Clelia ^c  

^a LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250689523     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cjep2007002     Document Type: Article

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