Location representation in enclosed spaces: What types of information afford young children an advantage?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-325

  Lourenco, Stella F ^a   Addy, Dede ^a   Huttenlocher, Janellen ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite information; Disorientation; Location; Scalar dimensions; Spatial representation; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 68549112736     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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