Penetrating the Geometric Module: Catalyzing Children's Use of Landmarks

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1523-1530

  Twyman, Alexandra ^a   Friedman, Alinda ^a   Spetch, Marcia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptive combination; children; geometric module; landmark features; learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36348967233     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.6.1523     Document Type: Article

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