Use of cue configuration geometry for spatial orientation in human infants (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 317-320

  Garrad Cole, Frances ^a   Lew, Adina R ^a,b   Bremner, J Gavin ^b   Whitaker, Christopher J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85047683962     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.3.317     Document Type: Article

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