Development of navigational working memory: Evidence from 6- to 10-year-old children

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-217

  Piccardi, Laura ^a,b   Leonzi, Marina ^a   D'Amico, Simonetta ^a   Marano, Assunta ^a   Guariglia, Cecilia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extrapersonal space; Human navigation; Large scale space; Spatial representation; Spatial working memory; Topographical orientation

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL NAVIGATION;

EID: 84899928646     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12036     Document Type: Article

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