On the information-processing demands of spatial reasoning

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 347-365

  Morra, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 4444359528     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780143000116     Document Type: Article

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