Development of allocentric spatial memory abilities in children from 18 months to 5 years of age

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-29

  Ribordy, Farfalla ^a   Jabès, Adeline ^b   Banta Lavenex, Pamela ^a,c   Lavenex, Pierre ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Declarative; Gender; Hippocampus; Pattern; Separation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84868279943     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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