Mental object rotation and motor development in 8- and 10-month-old infants

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 708-720

  Frick, Andrea ^a   Möhring, Wenke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Embodied cognition; Infants; Mental rotation; Motor development; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; ROTATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROTATION;

EID: 84878551221     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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