Analogue Mental Transformations in 3-Year-Olds: Introducing a New Mental Rotation Paradigm Suitable for Young Children

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-138

  Krüger, Markus ^a   Kaiser, Marlen ^a   Mahler, Kristin ^a   Bartels, Wolfgang ^a   Krist, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analogue mental representations; Cognitive development; Imagery; Mental rotation; Mental transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883152777     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1815     Document Type: Article

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