Planning in Human Children (Homo sapiens) Assessed by Maze Problems on the Touch Screen

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-78

  Miyata, Hiromitsu ^a   Itakura, Shoji ^a   Fujita, Kazuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

development; human children; maze; planning

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOUCH;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOUCH;

EID: 60849096085     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012890     Document Type: Article

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