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ERIC Number: EJ252677
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Sep
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The Effect of Barriers on Spatial Representations.
Cohen, Robert; Weatherford, David L.
Child Development, v52 n3 p1087-90 Sep 1981
Examined children's recall of the spatial configurations of an environment after the children followed prearranged paths and encountered barriers to movement. When asked to reconstruct the environmental configuration from memory, males estimated distances more accurately than did females. No age differences were noted. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability, Eidetic Imagery, Environmental Influences, Memory, Performance Factors, Recall (Psychology), Sex Differences, Spatial Ability
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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