Developmental changes in young children's spatial memory and language in relation to landmarks

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-339

  Hund, Alycia M ^a   Naroleski, Amber R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 49049116746     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370802247988     Document Type: Article

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