Spatial structures in children’s drawings: How do they develop

Drawing and the Non-Verbal Mind: A Life-Span Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 159-194

  Morra, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 78649256118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489730.009     Document Type: Chapter

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