Children reorient using the left/right sense of coloured landmarks at 18-24 months

Cognition

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 519-527

  Nardini, Marko ^a   Atkinson, Janette ^b   Burgess, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour; Disorientation; Geometric module; Geometry; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JUDGMENT; MALE; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 37049000623     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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