Words and maps: developmental changes in mental models of spatial information acquired from descriptions and depictions.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Developmental Science

• Publication date

  2006-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1467-7687.2006.00481.XPMID 16472322
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