Spatial reasoning in Tenejapan Mayans

Cognition

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-53

  Li, Peggy ^a   Abarbanell, Linda ^d   Gleitman, Lila ^b   Papafragou, Anna ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Linguistic relativity; Spatial frames of reference; Tseltal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79955889417     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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