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Direct linkOrtmann, Margaret R.; Schutte, Anne R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010
Early in development, there is a transition in spatial working memory (SWM). When remembering a location in a homogeneous space (e.g., in a sandbox), young children are biased toward the midline symmetry axis of the space. Over development, a transition occurs that leads to older children being biased away from midline. The dynamic field theory…
Descriptors: Young Children, Short Term Memory, Child Development, Spatial Ability
