Core Knowledge and the Emergence of Symbols: The Case of Maps

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-96

  Huang, Yi ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISPLAY SYSTEM; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MAP READING; NONSYMBOLIC TASK; ORIENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 84922257176     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2013.784975     Document Type: Article

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