Development of kinetic images: When does the child first represent movement in mental images?

1975/10/01 by Gloria Strauss Marmor, Gloria S. Marmor · 200 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Augmented Reality Applications #Child and Animal Learning Development #Clockwise #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Developmental psychology #Geometry #Mathematics #Mental image #Mental rotation #Movement (music) #Neuroscience #Physics #Psychology #Rotation (mathematics) #Spatial Cognition and Navigation #Stimulus (psychology)

paper · doi:10.1016/0010-0285(75)90022-5

published in Cognitive Psychology 7(4), 548-559 (Elsevier BV)

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