The Shape of Things: The Origin of Young Children’s Knowledge of the Names and Properties of Geometric Forms

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Journal of Cognition and Development

• Publication date

  2016-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1080/15248372.2015.1016610PMID 27019647PMCID PMC4808058
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