Mental Spatial Transformations in 14- and 16-Month-Old Infants: Effects of Action and Observational Experience

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 278-293

  Frick, Andrea ^a,b   Wang, Su Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84894906538     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12116     Document Type: Article

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