Children's use of geometry for reorientation

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 743-749

  Lee, Sang Ah ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 49549122175     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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