Coding location in enclosed spaces: Is geometry the principle?

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 741-746

  Huttenlocher, Janellen ^a,b   Lourenco, Stella F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VISION;

CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35549000574     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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