Cultural commonalities and differences in spatial problem-solving: A computational analysis

Cognition

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-287

  Lovett, Andrew ^a   Forbus, Kenneth ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Cross cultural; Qualitative representation; Spatial cognition; Structure mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053132732     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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