How do biases in spatial memory change as children and adults are learning locations?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 217-232

  Recker, Kara M ^a   Plumert, Jodie M ^a   Hund, Alycia M ^b   Reimer, Rachel ^c  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Category learning; Cognitive development; Spatial cognition; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 35748979126     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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