spatial symbols and spatial thought: Cross-cultural, developmental, and historical perspectives on the relation between map use and spatial cognition

Symbol Use and Symbolic Representation: Developmental and Comparative Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 3-23

  Uttal, David H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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