Kindergarten children's sensitivity to geometry in maps

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 809-821

  Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a   Gilmore, Camilla K ^b   Mccarthy, Shannon ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAPS AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959290168     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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