Development of size constancy in children: A test of the metacognitive theory

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 644-654

  Granrud, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VISUAL ILLUSION;

AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 65549109892     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.71.3.644     Document Type: Article

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