Reorientation in the real world: The development of landmark use and integration in a natural environment

Cognition

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1102-1111

  Smith, Alastair D ^a   Gilchrist, Iain D ^a   Cater, Kirsten ^a   Ikram, Naimah ^a   Nott, Kylie ^a   Hood, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Landmarks; Reorientation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 42249089178     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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